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The giant's tactics A recent article in Alberta Oil magazine making the Twitter rounds attempts to prove that the battle for the oilsands is no longer "David versus Goliath," but a well-funded environmentalist attack on Canada's energy sector. But the numbers put forward in the article still don't add up to an equal playing field. According to this article, "Since the late 1990s at least $10 million has been granted from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to First Nations and environmental groups in Canada." $10 million is a large number, but in comparison to the Goliath funding of government, it's hard to see how these American funders are taking over the PR battle for the energy sector. This past fall it was revealed that the Canadian government is spending close to $40 million to promote the natural resources sector in the upcoming year alone. And that doesn't take into account efforts by advocacy groups such as the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, which Access to Information requests show that the Canadian government has been in a joint effort with to publicly promote the oilsands since 2010. And this is merely the battle for public relations. In an effort to be heard, First Nations groups in particular struggle to fund their way through Canada's legal system. The Beaver Lake Cree Nation has spent the last five years and close to $2 million in order to assert its legally protected treaty rights. The money was sourced from grassroots campaigning, as well as donations from the UK Cooperative Bank, as part of its clean energy campaign. While the PR campaigns spin millions annually, First Nations still struggle to compete with the scale and size of the promotional machine of the federal government and its partner the oil industry. Millions may be flowing in to assist them, but there is still a David in this fight. V

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Snoozing through the leadership races PCs discouraging open debate and NDP not getting enough coverage to have any A couple of months ago it actually looked like this summer might provide some interesting times in Alberta politics. With both the Conservatives and the New Democrats announcing leadership races, it appeared we were in for a summer of political manoeuvring, lively debate and some opportunity to engage with a political system that Albertans have grown increasingly alienated from over the last few years. It turns out those hopes were optimistic indeed. The PC leadership race has developed into a complete snooze-fest as the party works hard to limit open debate in order to ensure that this time the heir apparent, and sweetheart choice of a majority of the caucus, actually wins. The party actually seems to be going out of its way to minimize the degree to which Albertans, especially those who are not current members, can engage with the entire process. The NDP, on the other hand, would dearly love to see broad public engagement with and interest in their leadership race. For the NDP, a lively race would provide

an opportunity for the many disgruntled Albertans on the left to see a multi-dimensional dynamic party with room for many of them. The problem the NDP are having is trying to get any media coverage whatsoever of their race, especially outside of Edmonton. This struggle for coverage is aggravated by the fact that the two leading contenders, MLAs Rachel Notley and David Eggen, really haven't shown that they differ very much on any of their main policies or on their views for the future of the party. A third candidate, activist Rod Loyola, certainly has the potential to stir up some of the debates and bring a different vision for the party, but with little name recognition outside certain circles, the struggle for coverage and profile will be even greater for him than it is for the party as whole. What has proven to be most interesting (and I use that word loosely) is not actually the leadership races, but rather what is happening with Alberta's two other opposition parties. The Wildrose Party seems to be

leveraging the boring PC race to deliver regular policy announcements of their own and continue building their profile and presence around the province. While the PCs are trying to keep their debates and policy differences out of the limelight, the Wildrose is having some success in showing themselves to Albertans as a dynamic, growing and viable political force. The fundraising numbers for the last year highlight this. Given that neither Jim Prentice nor Ric McIver, the two front-runners in the Tory race, are particularly dynamic or high energy, it will be very difficult for whoever wins to regain this lost ground. On the other side of the political spectrum, while the NDP have shown some growth in fundraising and popularity of late, especially in Edmonton, the Alberta Liberals appear to be closer to a complete implosion than ever before. They have dropped to fourth place in fundraising among the parties and will be losing two of their MLAs to federal candidacy once Stephen Harper calls the federal election. One, Calgary's Kent Hehr, has been

one of the most effective and popular members of the Liberal caucus for some time now, especially among Albertans on the left. Losing Hehr would definitely hurt the Liberals' profile and popularity among those same voters that the NDP are working so hard to reach. Losing two MLAs would also bump the Liberals back to being the fourth party in the legislature, with one fewer MLA than the NDP. In the end, both the NDP and the PCs need to greatly increase the dynamism and profile of their respective races. The PCs need to do so to avoid losing even more ground to the Wildrose, and the NDP need to do so to take full advantage of the imminent demise of the Liberals. Both parties need to realize that, at this point, who they elect is far less important than how they are able to leverage the contest publicly and, so far, they have both been failing. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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Less oil, more sun

Sunny Alberta has the potential to rely more on solar power

olar energy versus fossil fuels is a much-debated topic that Alberta has been toying with for the last decade. Randall Benson, a national expert in solar-power equipment design and installation is someone who knows all about this dilemma. Benson grew up in and around Fort McMurray and started working in the oilsands industry in the early '90s. He worked for almost eight years in the industry—Suncor being the last oil company he was employed with as a power engineer. Despite his family raising him to respect the environment, Benson still felt as if there was very little choice but to work in the oil industry. "My mom is Native and my dad is Métis, so I grew up in a very tradi-

tional way—traditional in regards to respecting the environment that you live in and the environment that gives you sustenance," says Benson, who soon realized that this was not the line of work he wanted to be in. "Just having to do things that went against my grain—to put things where I didn't think they belonged and to dump things where they didn't belong. I had finally had enough." Realizing the direction his life was taking, Benson started looking in the opposite direction for work. "Seeing all the devastation that was happening up in these areas where the plants are really opened my eyes," Benson says. "I realized that I could never change that, but what I could change was my career choice."

In 1999, Benson was flipping through a magazine and came across a small article about solar power. He knew instantlwy that this was what he had been looking for. "I became enthralled with this technology," he says. "If I'm putting solar panels on roofs then that is completely opposite. It's like I'm saying a big F U to the man." Benson went on to create his own company in 2001 called Off the Grid. He started installing small battery-run systems, but within a year realized that he wanted to do onthe-grid (no battery assistance) solar projects only, thus changing the name to Gridworks Energy Group. The company is now Western Canada's leading solar contractor with quite a few of the workers coming

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from the oilsands industry. Despite his arguments for solar power over oil, Benson still agrees that the oilsands plays its own role in Alberta's economy. "I know that we have no other source of major fuel besides the oilsands and I don't care if you work for the oilsands. I know that it's an industry we need for people's incomes," Benson says. What he doesn't agree with is how the Alberta government is dealing with the issue of solar versus oil. According to Benson, the oil industry seems to have its own set of laws when it comes to the environment. "I think the Alberta government can do a lot better with regards to stewarding the environment. Not allowing an industry to police itself

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environmentally is one step that we could take." According to information gathered by Environment Canada, Alberta receives an average of 325 days of sunshine a year. This is more than the 296 that your typically sunny Phoenix, Arizona receives. "There's a huge chance we can move to renewable energy because we have the best resources for solar, wind and geothermal in all of Canada," Benson says. "Alberta's on par with some of the sunniest places on earth in regards to solar power. Its not a matter of can we do it or do we have the resources, it's a matter of do we have the political will?"

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Twenty years after being implemented, there are still questions about Alberta's fully privatized liquor system

It’s very important that we look at a lot of broader social policy issues when we talk about liquor privatization. Sherbrooke Liquor, one of Edmonton’s privatized liquor stores // Lauren de Leeuw

n retrospect, the 1988 Christmas wish list of Alberta's alcohol purveyors was modest. Jim Hansen, then executive vice-president of the Alberta Hotels & Lodging Association, applauded the provincial government's decision to allow more private wine boutiques and free-standing beer stores and boldly predicted in an interview with the Canadian Press that full privatization of liquor retailing was coming but that it "could take as long as 10 years." Hansen was off by five years, but he got his wish when Steve West, the Minister responsible for the Alberta Liquor Control Board, announced on September 2, 1993 that over 200 government liquor stores would be sold. Some 1500 ALCB workers learned they would be put out of a job through the media. The first store to close was in Empress, two days after the announcement. The last two, in Calgary, locked their doors for good on March 5, 1994. In the 20 years since, the industry has grown to almost 2000 liquor retailers which, according to the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, employ over 4000 workers. "I think it was a great move," says Laurie, a 50-something liquor store clerk who declined to give her last name. "It gave a whole lot more people a chance to make money." Asked if she thought it was fair

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that she was being paid just slightly above minimum wage and about $5 less than she was making in her previous job at an ALCB outlet, she shrugs. "What are you going to do? The world changed." Indeed, when it came to liquor retailing, the world certainly did change. The system at the time wasn't completely public. From 1989 on, the province had been steadily increasing the number of private operators so that by the time West made his announcement in 1993, there were already 65 private retail operators licensed to sell beer and liquor in the province, as well as 530 hotels licensed to sell offsales. According to an AGLC fact sheet, as of March 31, 2014, there were 1332 retail liquor stores, 199 general and "other" stores and 463 hotels selling offsales. John Ruane, an entrepreneur who has looked into opening a liquor store, thinks the move has been a great success. He says he was born in England where it was always private. "I don't believe liquor sales is something that should be under the control of the government," he says, "although I think it's fair that the government takes its fair share of taxes for it. It's a win/win for us all." Ruane adds that privatization has created employment, increased government revenues and provided customers with greater choice

and the ability to shop around for better prices. According to the AGLC, the privatized system brought $729 million in government revenues during the fiscal year 2012-13, compared with $404.8 million in revenues reported in the Alberta Liquor Control Board Annual Report for the year ending January 5, 1993. That all may be true, says Public Interest Alberta's executive director Bill Moore-Kilgannon, but it has come at a cost that might not be reflected in the balance sheets. "I think that it's very important that we look at a lot of broader social policy issues when we talk about liquor privatization," he says. "What has been the impact on our communities where we have a high concentration of liquor stores? We need to measure those impacts before we are able to declare whether or not privatization has been a success." The University of Alberta's Parkland Institute took a cursory look at those impacts in its 2012 study Impaired Judgement: The Economic and Social Consequences of Liquor Privatization in Western Canada. The comparative study of liquor systems in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia concluded that the full privatization of liquor stores in Alberta and the partial

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privatization in British Columbia have resulted in higher prices, lower revenues for government and increased social harms in comparison to Saskatchewan's public system. The authors cited a 2011 study by the Centre for Addictions Research for British Columbia at the University of Victoria which found that each additional private liquor store per 1000 residents 15 years and older increased local alcohol mortality by 27.5 per cent in BC between 2003 and 2008. It is precisely this sort of information that Moore-Kilgannon says needs to be evaluated in Alberta and hasn't been. Others have raised concerns about the increased accessibility of alcohol to minors and young adults. In June of 1996, an Edmonton Police Service spokesperson told media that after liquor privatization, Edmonton police reported double the amount of offences for minors in possession of alcohol. In the year before private stores opened up, police reported 37 incidents of minors obtaining liquor. By 1995, that number had more than doubled to 77. During the same period, the number of incidents of adults supplying liquor to minors almost doubled, from six to 11. "It's our belief that there were more comprehensive restrictions when the liquor stores were owned by the province," police

spokeswoman Annette Bidniak told the Toronto Star in June of 1996. "It was much easier to police in that situation." Part of the problem Bidniak cited then was the lack of an increase in the numbers of liquor inspectors, despite the increase in the number of outlets selling liquor. At that time, the number of outlets had doubled in three years of privatization while the number of inspectors had remained static at 39 province-wide. Today, according to AGLC spokesperson Tatjana Laskovic, there are a total of 55 inspectors in the province. Twenty years later, Alberta remains the only province or territory in the country with a fully privatized liquor retail system. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has been musing about moving towards a mixed private-public system such as that found in British Columbia and rumours have surfaced that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne might be taking a look at privatization, something she has flatly and repeatedly denied. Until the full costs—social as well as economic—are known, it's something Bill Moore-Kilgannon and the folks at the Parkland Institute strongly suggest they take a pass on. MIMI WILLIAMS

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MH17: who did it and what next?

Russia blames Ukraine and Ukraine fires back, but the facts speak for themselves Maybe the crew who launched the missile that brought down Malaysian Airlines flight 17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17 were trained professionals, but it seems unlikely. That crew (or somebody else) was good enough to down three Ukrainian Air Force planes over the rebel-held zone last week, but they weren't good enough to tell the difference between a military aircraft and a civilian airliner. The Ukrainian planes were smallish aircraft flying low in a combat zone; the huge Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 was flying straight and steady at 33 000 feet. A fully trained operator would know the difference in an instant. Somebody who had just had a crash course in firing Buk missiles (two tracked vehicles and a lot of electronics) might not. So 298 people died. There are two questions to answer here. One is: who did it? The Ukrainian government, the pro-Russian rebels and the Russian Federation have all denied responsibility. The other is: what happens if, despite their denials, the rebels and/or the Russians themselves are to blame? Is this horrible event a "game-changer"? Who did it is actually pretty obvious. At least one Buk launch team was spotted by an Associated Press reporter in the rebel-held zone on Wednesday, and there may have been more. The Russians have been trying to deny the air-space over the combat zone to the Ukrainians so that their army has to do all its fighting without air support and suffers increased casualties. Six Ukrainian planes have been shot down in the past six weeks. The Ukrainian government says it has no surface-to-air missiles in the area, and it is probably telling the truth. With one possible exception, there have been no reports of Russian planes overflying the region, so anti-air defences were not needed. The really damning evidence, however, is on the social media sites. First there is a post on a top rebel commander's site, just at the time MH17 went down, claiming to have downed a Ukrainian transport plane. Within hours that post was deleted. Then the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) posted intercepted telephone conversations between rebel commanders on YouTube.

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The good and the bad of Sushi Sugoi

ost sushi places in Edmonton are subject to contending twin forces which, while ensuring a cosmic equilibrium that keeps the universe from tearing itself asunder, makes it tough for true standouts to emerge. To wit: just as nature abhors a vacuum, the local restaurant scene abhors a truly sub-par Japanese restaurant. There's a level below which purveyors of raw fish cannot fall, for the market shall surely annihilate them almost instantly—the competition is too stiff to bestow second chances. The countervailing force is that of

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homogeneity—in making sure the staples are solid for the sushi-loving public, the run of sushi-terias are hard-put to differentiate themselves. Of course we all have our local favourites—Sushi Wasabi in Lendrum mine—but when's the last time you encountered a new favourite? Precisely. As with any new sushi place I try, Sushi Sugoi was auditioning for a place in the canon, a challenge compounded by the fact that its spacious, modern dining room is located on a stretch of Calgary Trail I generally only pass on my way out of town.

How spacious? Arriving early on a Saturday evening, I thought my co-diner and I were the only ones there, though the emergence of exiting patrons proved me wrong. The young staff were plenty hospitable and courteous, and the service prompt, even if the order in which the food arrived was a bit random. All of the aforementioned staples were present on the sizeable menu, along with some intriguing items and a few outright anomalies for people who think cheese or fruit salsa have any place on a sushi menu. The salmon ($4/two pieces) and tuna belly ($5/two pieces) made for a good first impression—fresh, ample portions of each, and the toro was especially toothsome. The hamachi (yellow tail, $5) was better than I remember that fish usually being, which made up for the mackerel being too frozen yet to serve. I would also call the spicy tuna roll ($8) an unmitigated success—not eye-wateringly hot, so as not to obscure flavour of the tuna, just the right amount of mayo holding the filling together, and a generous two bites per piece.

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Sushi Sugoi 2874 Calgary Trail 587.524.4335 The house rainbow roll ($13, with your choice of sesame seeds or li'l orange fish eggs) falls on the creamy crab-and-avocado arm of the rainbow innards continuum, but stands apart on its inclusion of mango alongside the fish, shrimp and avocado wound round the maki. The whole creamy crab thing makes it seem like a California roll, which I would have ordered if I wanted a California roll, which I generally don't. Give me little flecks of tempura and tobiko or a tempura shrimp in my rainbow roll any day. The mango had nice texture but wasn't overpowerlingly mango-y. The smoked duck salad ($10) wasn't a bad salad to share if you only want a bit of salad with your meal. Six thin half-moons of the eponymous smoked breast—plenty flavourful, may I add—and about the same number of orange wedges were on layered heaps of iceberg lettuce, fresh mixed greens, a skein of paper-thin red onions and alfalfa sprouts. The dressing seemed to be underneath it, which we might have

figured out too late. The miso pork belly ($10) arrived late in the meal for an appetizer— five big cubes of succulent meat annealed to succulent fat, served on grilled asparagus and drizzled with various things. The menu said something about apples but those weren't very apparent to me. I liked it better than the co-diner, who shunned the fat cubes and generally gave the impression she wouldn't rush to repeat the experience. With the compulsory big bottle of fizzy Japanese lager for two ($10), the final tab was $65 before tax n' tip, which is quite fair for the scale of the meal—you can't really sit down to a reasonable sushi n' friends feed for less than 20 bucks a person in this town. Aside from the sushi, though, most of what we ordered was a little bit less remarkable than the menu made it sound. I'm sure delving further into the menu would turn up some other gems (octopus tataki, mayhap?), but I'm not likely to find out until the next time I have to go to IKEA or the airport.

SCOTT LINGLEY

SCOTT@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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Disneyland for beer geeks

Fifty-three breweries and countless pubs means plan your trip to Portland accordingly There is a reason people call Portland, Oregon "Beervana." It has unquestioningly the most vibrant beer scene in North America. I recently had the very good fortune to spend a few days visiting breweries, frequenting pubs and generally soaking in its beer-y atmosphere. Portland is a quiet city of about 600 000, famous for its progressive politics (in an American context), environmental consciousness and devotion to local products. It is not really a surprise this city, which embraces local food, local arts and local economic development, has nurtured and supported local beer too. There are 53 breweries within the city boundaries, spanning the breadth and width of the beer world. Last year craft beer made up 45 percent of all beer sold in Portland —more than ABInbev and SABMiller, the two largest beer corporations in the world, combined. As an experiment I wandered into an average sports bar, replete with big screen televisions, framed jerseys and a plethora of Bud and Coors Light paraphernalia decorating the walls. To my surprise two-thirds of their taps were devoted to local beer and they even offered THREE different IPAs. Portland is a playground for a beer aficionado. Preparing for the trip, I found myself overwhelmed at my options. I feel I could spend three months there and still not get to every delicious beer available. My overview should be seen as educated, but partial, as in a few days there is no way to experience everything that is Portland beer. Beer pubs in Portland are casual, unassuming and let the beer do the talking. Any number of them would be considered world class, and the

legitimately claim their hefeweizen is America's first cloudy beer since before prohibition, and it remains a decent weizen. They continue to be a safe introduction to craft beer.

good news is you don't have to walk far to find a decent place. Tap lists of 50, 60 or 70 are not uncommon, but even the places with fewer taps offer the best. A popular downtown location is Bailey's Taproom. Small, hip and friendly, it has 24 constantly rotating taps, emphasizing Oregon craft beer. It is a good spot for both younger hipsters and older beer aficionados looking for rare beer (like me). Oregon mainstay Deschutes has a pub nearby that offers some of its best beer on tap as well as exclusive specials. I spent a fair bit of time in the inner east end, across the Willamette River from downtown. There you can spend time at the Green Dragon, where you have the desirable choice of 50 taps of craft beer, one of the six beer made by on-site Buckman Botanical Brewery (owned by Rogue Ales), or the house Green Dragon Brew Crew beer which is a homebrewer-created rotational released every Wednesday.

Bolder breweries include beer from The Commons, Hair of the Dog, Alameda, Ecliptic and Laurelwood. And if you want really out-there beer, give a try to Cascade Barrel House, a brewery devoted almost exclusively to barrel-aged sour beer. Just be prepared to have your cheeks pucker. Try that in Canada! Of course, the northwest US is famous for its addiction to mega-hop-

Then there is Apex Bar, an unassuming spot that may have the single best tap list I have ever seen. Fifty taps, all constantly rotating, offered the best in Oregon and west coast beer, with smatterings of high-quality products from elsewhere. Kitty corner from Apex is The Beer Mongers. Officially a "bottle shop," meaning a retail shop specializing in beer, it is far more than a liquor store. It is more like a hybrid store/pub. They have eight taps allowing you to sip on a beer while browsing the coolers for bottled products. You can even buy a bottle and drink it on the spot. And then there are the breweries—far too many to mention. The oldest and biggest, formed in 1984, is Widmer Brothers Brewing. They can

py, hop-forward beer. IPAs are like pale lagers in our part of the world. Therefore I had my share of citrusy, piney bitter beer. I tasted many, many great IPAs. I won't try to say one was "better" than the other but I can say the ones I most appreciated included Laurelwood's Workhorse IPA, Pfriem Down Under IPA and Mazama Hop Eruption IPA. But the great thing about Portland is that every possible style of beer can be found, from porters and stouts to pilsners and Belgian ales. Among the impressive mosaic of beer, I think I need to say that the beer that may have left the biggest impression with

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me was Hair of the Dog Adam, a dark old ale that is both complex and deceptively gentle. A masterpiece of a beer. Portland has many lessons to teach us: how to support local breweries, how to nurture a local beer culture, how to encourage a diversity of atmospheres for beer and approaches to beer. There is something for everyone, beer-wise, in Portland, and it really is something of a beer Disneyland. V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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PREVUE // BOOK RELEASE

A HOBBYIST'S DEVOTION

A love of chemical photobooths led Meagz Fitzgerald to create a 280-page graphic novel

"Photobooths really revolutionized here are geeks for just about everyphotography," she explains. "When they thing, nowadays. Meags Fitzgerald, a self-professed were first invented it was still fairly photobooth nerd, has created what has rare to have your photograph taken; got to be one of the most impressive they made photography accessible and acts of devotion to a hobby: a 280- affordable to people of all classes." "I believe it's a better quality of phopage graphic novel. In Photobooth: A Biography, Fitzgerto," she continues, Wed, Jul 30 (6:30 pm) ald weaves her own referring specifically Happy Harbour Comics to chemical photostory of researchbooths. "But it's also ing and celebrating the process: in a phophotobooths with an extensive history of this easily over- tobooth there's no negative. The imlooked corner of photographic history. age goes directly onto the paper. So It's certainly not the first subject one because of that, every picture you take associates with graphic novels—actu- is entirely unique; it's really like a snapally, there's only about five books on shot in time." the subject, period—but she feels the Fitzgerald also notes that chemipairing works remarkably well. "Comic books are sequential art, and cal photobooth photos are eminently there's the connection between photo archival—images that are over 90 strips being narratives—they've got years old are still in pristine condition, the four panels," notes Fitzgerald, an whereas digital prints don't offer nearly Edmonton native who fell in love with that same degree of longevity. Original chemical photobooths are on photobooths when she was a teenager. To raise money for a trip to an inter- their way out, however: by next year, national photobooth convention held Canada will have phased out all of the in California in 2012, Fitzgerald (then a remaining chemical photobooths in fabroke student living in Halifax) decided vour of the much cheaper and easierto put together a small comic-style zine to-maintain digital booths—or simply about photobooths, funded through an doing away with them entirely, since this is a world in which everyone has Indiegogo campaign. "The information just kept snowball- a camera in their pocket. But for ening, and the opportunities to continue thusiasts like Fitzgerald, those old matravelling and do research elsewhere chines will still occupy a unique place in photo history. just accumulated," she explains. "People expect the book to be borAfter the convention, she visited Canada's sole producer of chemical pho- ing and when it isn't, they seem to be tobooths (which is the subject of her delighted," she says with a laugh. "One novel, as opposed to digital booths), of the best complements I've gotten and then travelled to other produc- was that you don't need to like phoers throughout Europe. Along the tobooths or care about photobooths way, that 30-page comic turned into a to like this book, but by the end you graphic novel nearly 10 times as long, probably will care about them—I guess through what Fitzgerald describes as a because I speak about it in such an im"creative triathlon" of research, writing passioned way." MEL PRIESTLEY and drawing. MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

PREVUE // VISUAL ARTS

The Art of Patio A

lright, look: technically we're already past summer's zenith. But the days are still long, the weather is holding out (rain and wind storms aside), and we've still got a few more months of idealized patio weather left to be enjoyed. And, if you like your patio beers with some visual stimulation, Latitude 53's Art of Patio series is still going strong. Hell, they just planted flowers on the street-level patio. Nestled in among the social aspects of the artist-run centre's summerlong weekly party—with its exhibits open to wander through, accompanied by music, booze, catering and an a sponsored afterparty—is the

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Incubator series: a chance to peep in on the visual arts community's works in progress, or new ideas still being explored. And, for this year's patio series—concurrent with Latitude's 40th anniversary—there's an added emphasis of collaboration. "I'm curious around how artists collaborate," Latitude's executive director Todd Janes admits. "I think it takes a long time, or it takes trust. So, because Incubator's in the summer, and kind of concurrent with the patio series, I wanted there to be an opportunity for artists to have fun, and play together." Janes did the pairing up of artists himself: some of them knew each oth-

er, but others had never met. Some came from a design background, others' backgrounds were strictly rooted in arts. He was looking for variety in approach and artistic history. "I wanted them to play," Janes says. The Incubator series has been running in its present form for four years now. But this year's seen some tweaks: artists' works are now being displayed for two weeks/patios, rather than one, leaving more opportunities to be seen. Robyn Stuart and Matt Whitson, the most recent Incubator pairing, had created a joint-submission that reproduced some of the more curious

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images and messages that had previously existed in Inglewood Laundry, a now-shuttered local curiosity. "[The owner] would actually write handwritten signs, and on the washing machines, and on the vending machines," Stuart says. "He had such an intimate, layered relationship sort of with his business and his clients, and so personal." "We're big fans of zines and artists books," Whitson adds, "and that was the original idea: we should make a sine out of something like this. But I'd also been doing a bit of screen printing and thought, yeah, we've got enough here to do a couple of different things."

Having seeing their art displayed in the patio atmosphere (and having taken in previous Latitude patio works), both note that the relaxed setting offers an alternative to how visual art often feels presented in its galleries. "[The patio series] gets people here that may not just pop in on their own," Stuart says. "And it's a much more relaxed atmosphere; not everybody standing around, looking at the art and feeling like they have to say something deep and meaningful about it. You can just look at it, drink your beer, enjoy the sunshine."

PAUL BLINOV

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ur unofficial motto is: 'We're projects and curatorial talks that like a pub crawl, only with- you otherwise wouldn't necessarily get—last year there were cerout the throwing up.'" Harcourt House is hosting an- tain galleries we just went to and other pair of Art Bus tours this looked at the art, whereas this summer, after year, there'll be launching the Sat, Jul 26 (12:30 pm pick-up at more talks and projects." pub-crawl style Harcourt House, 1 pm pick up at gallery tours last Art Gallery of St Albert) Art Bus will visit June. Art Bus be- $17 the same stops as gan as a way to last year—Harget people out to a handful of visual art galleries court House, the Art Gallery of St in and around Edmonton, espe- Albert, the SNAP Gallery and Visucially those in surrounding areas al Arts Alberta – CARFAC—as well that don't see as high traffic as the as a new entry: DC3, a commercial ones in the main areas of town. Or- gallery. "Between commercial galleries ganized by Stacey Cann, the community education coordinator at and public galleries, the audiences Harcourt House (and speaker of are very different," Cann notes. the above quote) this year's Art "DC3 were really excited to have us Bus will be rolling on July 26 and this year." She also mentions that comparing August 16. "Each gallery has its own diverse the works in each of the galleries membership and type of art that they show, so you're going to see very different things at each space," Cann says. "You'll get access to

is intriguing, especially in light of their very different models—the public galleries have quite different exhibitions than the commercial galleries, and vice-versa. Or, maybe not—seeing all those galleries in one afternoon lets you pick up similarities and differences that might not be obvious if you were to visit them on separate occasions. Cann also notes that these tours have served as a focal point for creating links between the different visual art communities in town. "Certainly Harcourt House has gotten to know many of the galleries better, and the people who run them," she says. "It's made it a lot easier to organize this year, so we spent more time thinking about what kind of projects we could do while we were there."

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VUECARES

Well, Art is Art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know. Groucho Marx VUEWEEKLY JUL 24 – JUL 30, 2014

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DANCE EBDA BALLROOM DANCE • Lions Senior Recreation Centre, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • Aug 2, 8pm

EDMONTON SCHOOL OF BALLET • 3rd Fl, 8205-90 Ave • 780.440.2100 • esbdance.com • Summer Dance Intensive for advanced dancers, with Vanessa Lawson (former Principal Dancer with Royal Winnipeg Ballet) • Aug 5 -16 SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing, 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing. com • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web • $10, $2 lesson with entry

FILM EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Red Garters (1954, colour, PG); Jul 28, 8pm • Series Membership Tickets: $30 (8 films) available at screening; Single Tickets: $6/$5 (senior/student) $5/$3 (child 12 & under)

EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • Location and time TBD • Premiere Film with Director, Michael Dowse (It's All Gone Pete Tong) VIP screening of What If (working title). Director Michael Dowse will be in attendance; Jul 30; Post-reception at Fionn MacCool's • EIFF hosts a Patio Party at Latitude 53. Nibbles, drinks, music and interesting conversation; Jul 31, 5pm

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner Library Audio Visual Room (main floor), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Friday afternoon at 2pm • Capote (2010, PG); Jul 25, 2pm

IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • Jul 25-31 • D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (PG); Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:35, 6:55pm; Sun, Tue, Thu 1:10, 4:35pm; Mon, Wed 1:10, 4:35, 7pm• Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G); Fri 11am, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45pm; Sat 10am, 11:00am, 2:15, 3:25pm, 5:45pm; Sun 10am, 11am, 2:15, 3:25pm; Mon, Wed 10am, 12pm, 2:15, 3:25pm, 5:45pm; Tue 10am, 12pm, 3:25, 5:45pm; Thu 11 am, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45pm • Jerusalem 3D (G) Fri-Sat 12pm; Sun 12pm, 8:15pm; Tue 2:15pm • Hubble 3D (G) Fri 10am • Space Station 3D (G) Mon 11am • Rocky Mountain Express (G) Tue 11am • To The Arctic 3D (G) Wed 11am • Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure (G) Thu 10am • Born To Be Wild 3D (G) Thu 11am • Godzilla 3D (PG) Fri-Sat 8:05; Sun 5:45pm • Pacific Rim 3D (PG) Tue 7pm • Jurassic Park 3D (PG) Thu 7pm

MOVIES AT THE CAPITOL–Fort Edmonton • 780.442.2013 • fortedmontontickets.com • Doctor Dolittle; Jul 24, 7:30pm • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (G); Jul 31, 7:30pm • 42nd Street; Aug 7 • Calamity Jane (G); Aug 14 • My Fair Lady; Aug 21 • Chicago (PG13); Aug 28

MOVIES ON THE SQUARE • Churchill Sq • FREE outdoor movie series every Tue in Aug. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Movies being at sunset; Family event, no alcohol or smoking • Tuesdays, Aug 5-26 • Free • Rio 2; Aug 5 • The Lego Movie; Aug 12 • Frozen; Aug 19 • The Amazing Spiderman 2; Aug 26

REEL FAMILY CINEMA–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Family films • Classic Winnie the Pooh: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree; Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day; Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!; Jul 26, 2pm • Free admission for children 12 and under

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Discovery Gallery: WAITING FOR THE MAN...: Works by Irene Rasetti; until Jul 26 • FLEETING WHISPERS: Works by Robyn Weatherle; until Jul 26 • TOTEMS OF THE MASCULINE: Matt Gould; Aug 2-Sep 6; opening: Aug 9, 2-4pm • Feature Gallery: CONTINUUM: Exploring the creative exchange of teaching and learning; Until Sep 27

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Discovery Gallery: TOTEMS OF THE MASCULINE: Matt Gould's male personages in leather, wool,

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wood and steel; Aug 2-Sep 6; reception: Aug 2, 2-4pm

ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com • Open weekends during the summer until Sep 2 • $5 (adult)/$3.50 (senior/student)/$2 (child 3-12)/ child under 3 free; $4 (train rides)

ART BUS TOUR • Locations: Art Gallery of St Albert (AGSA), Harcourt House, Nina Haggerty Arts Centre, SNAP, VASA • 780.460.4310/780..426.4180 • Interpretive tour of five Edmonton region art locations in one day • $15/$10 (member) incl transport; tickets at Art Gallery of St Albert, and Harcourt House • Jul 26, 12:30-6:15pm • Aug 16

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • HIGH ADVENTURE: Byron Harmon on the Columbia Icefield; until Aug 17 • LAWREN HARRIS AND A.Y. JACKSON–JASPER/ROBSON 1924: until Aug 17 • STRANGE DREAM: Artworks by Jill Stanton; until Dec 31 • NEW WORKS AND NEW LINES: Alma Louise Visscher's installation Cathedral Cumulus with contemporary drawings from the National Gallery of Canada; until Aug 17 • NEW LINES: Contemporary drawings from the National Gallery of Canada; until Oct 5 • 90 X 90: CELEBRATING ART IN ALBERTA; PART 1: FEATURING MANY ARTISTS; until Sep 14 • BMO World of Creativity: WORLD OF BOO: Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan; Jul 27, 2014–2015 • All Day Sunday: Jul 27, 12pm

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • RETREAT: Installation by Sherri Chaba; until Aug 2 • In-Gallery Artist Talk: with Sherri Chaba: Jul 24, 7-8pm • DISTRACTION OF A STATIONARY NATURE: Works by Shyra De Souza; until Aug 2 • Artist Talk: Retreat with Sherri Chaba: Jul 24, 7-8pm; pre-register; $10 (donation) • DELINEATE: Works by Pierre Bataillard, Florence Debeugny, and Tanya Klimp; Aug 7-30; opening/ Artwalk: Aug 7, 6-9pm • Preschool Picasso: Salt Paintings for 3-5 yr olds; Aug 9, 10:30-11:30am; $10

ARTWALK–St Albert • Perron District, DT, St Albert: WARES (host SAPVAC), St Albert Library, Musée Héritage Museum, Gemport, Elevate Athletic Wear, Art Gallery of St Albert, Rental and Sales Gallery, Bookstore on Perron, VASA, Cloud Nine Pajamas, Cerulean Boutique • ArtwalkStAlbert.com • 1st Thu, 6-9pm; through to Sep; exhibits run all month • Thu, Aug 7, 6pm

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • ENDLESS SUMMER: Works by Tanya Kirouac, Gisa Mayer, and Monica Shelton • Aug 21-Sep 4; reception: Aug 22, 6- 9pm; Aug 23, | 1-4pm CAFÉ PICHILINGUE–Red Deer • Artworks by Sasha Grinnell • Aug 1-30

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 •

• 10332-124 St • douglasudellgallery. com • Represents some of Canada's leading contemporary artists as well as artists gaining recognition in the international art scene. Canadian historical art available

EDMONTON’S ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE • 11024-82 Ave • MONEY, SOVEREIGNTY AND POWER: THE PAPER CURRENCY OF REVOLUTIONARY UKRAINE: Presented by the Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies (ASAUS), travelling exhibit curated by Bohdan Kordan • Until Jul 26

ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • FORGING A NATION–CANADA GOES TO WAR; until Aug 16; during the Works Fest • AGA at Enterprise Square Galleries: REGIONS OF DISTINCTION: Works by the Edmonton members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; until Oct 26 • WHEN THE SKY FALLS: Meteorite exhibition; jul 30-Aug 3

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St • 780.492.2081 • FA graduating shows: DARLING SHADOW: Works by Sarah Oneschuk, MFA Printmaking final visual presentation • BLASTOFF: Works by Ali Nickerson, MFA Drawing and Intermedia final visual presentation • Until Aug 16 • Closing reception: Thu, Aug 14, 7-10pm

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Artworks by Kathy Hill, Andrew Raczynski, and Natasha Vretenar • Until Jul 28 • Works by Liz Meetsma, Betty Tessier, and Sandy Mitchell; Jul 29-Sep 2; Opening: Aug 7, 6pm; artists in attendance • Artworks by Liz Meetsma, Betty Tessier, and Sandy Mitchell; Jul 29-Sep 2; Opening: Aug 7, 6pm; artists in attendance

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • SURFACESCAPES: Works by June Mielnichuk; and KRAZY SCULPTOR: Works by Yves Gauthier • Until Aug 19 GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • MY MAGICAL ETHEREAL JOURNEY: Paintings by Jose I Marquez Lugo • Until Jul 30 GALLERY WALK–Edmonton • Gallery Walk Galleries: Bearclaw, Bugera Matheson, Daffodil, Douglas Udell, Front, Garage Photographic, Lando, Peter Robertson, Scott, West End • First Thursday Event: Galleries open late for an informal gathering of culture lovers the 1st Thu, 5-7pm; each month, year round

HAPPY HARBOR COMICS V1 • 10729-104 Ave • happyharborcomics.com • COMIC JAM: Improv comic art making every 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7pm • OPEN DOOR: Collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month; 7pm

EFFORT: Sculptures by Rob Willms

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • Main Gallery: A RECORD OF EVENTS: BY Jesse Sherburne; until Aug 8 • Front Room: THE PHARAOH’S FOREARM AND THE KING’S FOOT: Works by Tegan Smith; until Aug 8 • Closing Celebration: Aug 8, 8-10pm • Art Bus Tours: Jul 26 and Aug 16

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Emerging Designers: Featuring works by Tiffany Shaw-Collinge, Katrina Regino, Iwona Faferek, Christina Sicoli • Jul 23-Aug 16 • Opening: Jul 23, 6-9pm

2nd Fl, Sunworks, 4924 Ross St, Red Deer • UN TITLED: Furniture and paintings by Pamela Thurston, Colin Whitlock, Isla Burns; until Jul 26 • CHANNELS: Works by Paul Holowack; Aug 1-29; reception: First Friday Red Deer: Aug 1, 6-8pm

savacava.com • Jerry Berthelette, Jean-Baptiste Frantz, Govrox and guest Andrew Raczynski • Jul 25-Aug 12

COMMON SENSE • 10546-115 St • AESTHETIC

CROOKED POT GALLERY–Stony Plain • 4912-51 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573 • A TOUCH OF COLOUR: Works by Jan Haines and Barb Watchman; Until Jul 31 • WHAT'S YOUR HANDLE?: Functional pottery by Lisa Stefura, and Janel Padberg; Aug 1-30; opening: Aug 2, 11-3pm

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780.760.1278 • OFF WHYTE 2014: ART WALK HOLDOVER SHOW: This holdover show gives you a chance to see your favourites; until Jul 31; artist reception: Jul 24, 5-8pm • SUMMER SCULPTURE SHOW: sculpted art; Aug 5-23 • Garden Party: Aug 9, 1-4pm

• 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • EARLY RECOVERY: Richard Boulet–Drawings 1994-2000 • Until Jul 26 DEVONIAN GARDENS–Devon • devonian. ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • Photographer's Drop-in Morning: A chance to capture the early morning light and stillness of the Garden, before it opens to the public; Sat, Jul 26 • PARKLAND COUNTY ART SHOW: Works by members of the Parkland Art Club; Aug 1-4 • DEVON POTTERY GUILD SHOW: Works by members of the Devon Pottery Guild; Aug 2-3

DIXON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave • 780.200.2711 • Richard Dixon's Studio and Gallery featuring a collection of historical Canadian artworks; antique jade sculptures and jewellery; 17th Century bronze masterworks and artworks by Richard Dixon

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LANDSCAPES: Collaboration of visual and literary art by artist, Elena Rousseau, with various writers from Writers' Ink • Aug 1-31 • Reception: Aug 18, 3-5pm

KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer • Red Deer Public Library • GLASSEARTH: Glass works by Larissa Blokhuis • Until Aug 24 • Reception/First Friday: music performance by Vincent Millward (singer-songwriter); Aug 1, 6-8pm

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • SUMMER ON 124 STREET: Works by gallery artists and secondary market works • Until Aug 27 LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 780.423.5353 • Main Space: MONOLOGY: Print and photographic installation by Insoon Ha; until Jul 26 • The Art of Patio: every Thu, 5-9pm; until Aug 21

LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 790.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm • ACACA ALBERTA WIDE ART SHOW: Presented by the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association • Until Aug 16, Fri-Sun, 10-6pm • Reception: Jul 26, 7-10pm

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • Pastel Landscapes

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by David Shkolny • Until Sep 14

Fridays: Open 'til 6:30pm

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-

YMCA (Don Wheaton) • 10211-102 Ave • YMCA Community Canvas wall: Rotating year round exhibits. THE SWEET SUITE: Works by Scott Cumberland; through to end of Aug

51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Installation work by Cynthia Sibley; until Jul 24 • Mixed media works by Sarah Smith; Jul 24-Aug 27; artist reception: Aug 3, 1-3:30pm

LITERARY

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert •

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave •

5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • JOINING UP!: Our Men and Women in the First World War; until Nov 16 • THE HOME FRONT: Life in St. Albert During the First World War; Until Aug 31

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Vertical Space: SEQUENTIAL PROCESS: Works by Daniel Hackborn • Artisan Nook: OBJECTIFICATION: Works by Stacey Cann • Until Aug 19

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Artisan Nook: WAR PIGS: Benjamin Rennich's photo-transfers and 3-D papier-mache work; Aug 18-Oct 3 • Vertical Space: Urban watercolours by Rex Beanland; Aug 23-Sep 30 NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE STOLLERY GALLERY • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • thenina.ca • SUMMER REPUBLIC II: Works by artists with developmental disabilities; until Jul 31 • Recent work by the Nina Collective RBC emerging artist apprenticeship exhibit • Aug 6-Sep 9

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Summer Group Shows: New work by gallery artists • Through to end of Aug PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • picturethisgallery.com • Canada SCAPES AND SPACES ART SHOW: Works by Brent Heighton, Dean McLeod, Jonn Einerssen, Murray Phillips, Cameron Bird, Bern Will Brown, Audrey Pfannmuller, Roger D. Arndt, Gregg Johnson, Robert Bateman, Jack Ellis, Dominik Modlinski, Bi Yuan Cheng, Jean Peters, Tim Packer • Until Aug 30 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum. ca • WORN TO BE WILD: Until Sep 7 • WESTERN THREADS: Contemporary Fibre Art, wall art, whimsical dolls, colourful quilts, stunning wearable art and pictorial rugs; until Aug 4

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • Group show of gallery artists • Through the summer

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • TWOHALVES: Print works by Koichi Yamamoto; Jul 24-Aug 30; Opening: Jul 25, 7-9pm; artist in attendance; Artist Workshop: Jul 26, 10-5pm • Community Gallery: ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS: Works by Patrick Arès-Pilon; Jul 24-Aug 30; Opening: Jul 25, 7-9pm; artist in attendance

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil. com • Main Gallery: Dianna Sapara • Until Aug 9 • Fireplace Room: OAC Hangings; through Sep

STEPPES GALLERY • 1253-91 St • BACKGROUND RADIATION: Ink sketches, paintings, and woodcuts by Tadeusz Warszynski • Until Jul 26

STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • ART: OBJET DE SPORT: Canada 55+ Games – Aug 27-30 • Until Sep 6

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Events: WILDLIFE RESCUE: until Sep 1 • K'NEX: THRILL RIDES: until Sep 1 • GPS ADVENTURES CANADA EXHIBITION: Combining technology, nature, and hidden treasure; Jul 21-Jun 1, 2015 UKRAINIAN MUSEUM OF CANADA–Alberta Branch • 10611-110 Ave • Open

Writers from a Hat: For amateur writers to share • Aug 4, 7pm

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ • 9624-76 Ave • 780.989.2861 • Story Slam 2nd Wed each month @ the Chair: Share your story, sign-up at 7pm, 7-10pm • $5 (suggested, donations go to winners)

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713-124 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

THE KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • Glass Door Coffeehouse Reading Series • Jul-Aug on summer hiatus.Next reading: Sep 25 NAKED CYBER CAFÉ • 10303-1008 St • The Spoken Word: Featuring writers and an open mic for performances for short stories, book excerpts, poems • 1st Wed ea month, 7:30pm

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@ gmail.com SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun ea month With A Different Play By A Different Playwright STRATHCONA COUNTY LIBRARY • 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8601 • sclibrary.ab.ca/humanlibrary THEATRE THE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • varsconatheatre.com • An Improvised Theatre: song, dance, and comedy presented by Grindstone Theatre • Every Fri until Jul 26; last show Jul 26

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • Teatro la Quindicina • Romantic comedy set in 1960s New York • Until Jul 26, Tue-Sat 7:30, Sat mat at 2pm • Wed-Sat: $30 (adult)/$25 (student/senior); Sat mat: $16; Tue evening: Pay-What-You-Can FOOTSLOOSE! • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM, Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • jubilations.ca • By C. Haley and R. Apostle • Belmont is a quiet community in the heart of the Prairies. Edith Ogilvy, on her first day as the new mayor, enacts a new bi-law strictly forbidding anyone within the town limits from dancing. Featuring hits from the film • Until Aug 24 THE FORCE–LIGHTSABRE • Churchill Sq • Janine Waddell Hodder, Alex Mackie instruct Lightsabre Training. Learn Specific Moves And Fight Sequences From The Film Together With Fellow “Jedis-In-Training” From Around The City • Every Wed Night until Sep 24; Kid Training: 7-7:45pm; Adult Training: 7-8:30pm • Free, drop-in (Bring Your Own Lightsabre)

FREEWILL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL • Myer Horowitz Theatre, U Of A • freewillshakespeare. com • The Taming Of The Shrew • Until Jul 27 • $30 (adult)/$50 (Festival pass)/$20 (student/senior)/$2 (child under 12) at TicketFly

Mon-Fri • Artifacts and homemade implements, embroidered and woven textiles, folk ceramics, wood work, beaded and metal jewellery, pysanky, traditional toys, art by Ukrainian artists • Until Aug 29 • Admission by donation

THE LAST ROMANCE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre. ca • By Joe Dipietro, starring Jamie Farr in a hilarious and heartwarming story that proves it’s never too late for romance and second chances • Until Aug 3

VAAA GALLERY • 2014 BREAD BASKET:

ODYSSEO • Yellowhead Tr, Fort Rd, near 12403 Mt Lawn Rd • cavalia.net • By Cavalia Under the White Big Top, a larger-than-life theatrical production • Until Aug 3 • $24.50-$139.50 at cavalia.net, 1-866-999-8111

Members exhibition; until Aug 1 • OUT OF BOUNDS: The Art of Lynn Malin. An Art Gallery of Alberta TREX Exhibition This exhibition presents a survey of the artistic career of Lynn Malin, one of Edmonton’s most exuberant and prolific artists; Aug 7-30; Reception: Aug 14, 7-9:30pm

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • STRUCTURES: Works by Byron McBride • Until Aug 1

VELVET OLIVE–Red Deer • Works by Erin Boake; until Jul 31 • Artworks by Russell Smethurst • Aug 1-30 VIEWPOINT GALLERY–Red Deer • Culture Services Centre, 3827-39 St, Red Deer • Works by Alysse Bowd, Robin Lambert, and Erin Boake • Until Jul 30 • Works by Alysse Bowd, Robin Lambert, Shirley Rimer, and Erin Boake; until Sep 30; First

SAME TIME NEXT YEAR • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • Romantic comedy by Bernard Slade, presented by Festival Players, directed by Ian Johnston, starring Elizabeth Marsh and Gary Neil Carter • Until Jul 27, 7:30pm • $20 at Festival Place box office SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright • Upcoming Readings at SCRIPT SALON: The Ugly Princess by Heather Morrow; Aug 3 • Eudoxie and Jeanne by Beth Graham; Sep 7

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REVUE // DRAMA

Fri, Jul 25 – Wed, Jul 30 Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Metro Cinema at the Garneau 

Me and You finds an auteur going through the motions

e and You [Io e Te], an adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti's young-adult novel and the first feature in a decade from Bernardo Bertolucci, now in his 70s, is another of his works about a man and woman holed-up together (see: Last Tango in Paris, Besieged, The Dreamers). Other elements (a boy's desire for a mother—or lover?—substitute; heroin addiction) echo Bertolucci's La Luna (1979). But there's a hollowness to the reverberations. It's almost as if a dream projector's throwing up, from our popular un-

consciousness, a series of flitting, fleeting impressions and memories of an aging auteur who made a few great films (not least The Conformist) ... but let's hope this isn't his last act. Bertolucci leaves his Marxist stance behind to follow moody 14-year-old Lorenzo Cuni (Jacopo Olmo Antinori), pocketing the money for a school ski trip and hanging out for seven days in his apartment building's storage room (Cuni suggests cunicolo, Italian for a burrow or lair). Into this frowsty hiding-place, though,

comes his stepfather's 20-something daughter Olivia (Tea Falco), trying to kick her heroin addiction. Bertolucci tantalizes stylistically—a bleachedout black-and-white sequence; some camera swoops; beautifully grotty shots of peeled paint and a squat latrine—and teases out some subtext, from insights into adolescence's paradoxes to the barest suggestion of modern Italy. Lorenzo's fits of temper pale beside Olivia's withdrawal torment, but she warns him against becoming indifferent, suggesting that angsty anger and dis-

affection, like drug-addiction, can roller-coaster a teen, urgently and dangerously, towards apathy. And the storage room, full of a former noble's clothes and furniture, implies an Italy often eager to retreat to the dusty cellar of its grand, ruined past. ... But these glimpses of style and substance aren't enough to dress and flesh out the film. Despite Bertolucci's still-keen eye, Antinori's wolfish face, Falco's im-

So happy together

pressive work (watch her mischievous smile turn into a lean, hungry, vengeful stare in one bravura scene), and a few striking moments, a strong sense of going-through-the-motions persists. Unnecessarily, near this aloof film's end, Bertolucci returns us to the image, caught back when Lorenzo was in a pet store, of an armadillo figure-eighting in his small tank, then cross-cuts to Lorenzo doing the same in his underground space. It's a shame that Me and You so regularly just goes through the paces, too.

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REVUE // JARMUSCH

Dead Man T

These early developments make he Man in question is one William Blake. He travels west by train, Dead Man (1995) the only Kafall the way from Cleveland, Ohio, to kaesque western I can think of—and a town named Machine, where he the western is a genre that's lent itis to take an acself to countless counting job with Sat, Jul 26 – Thu, Jul 31 variations. But Dickinson Metal Directed by Jim Jarmusch then this film is Works. (A refer- Metro Cinema at the Garneau unusual and exence to Iron Maid- Originally released: 1995 traordinary in any en's high flying vonumber of ways. It calist?) But when features gorgeous Blake arrives the position has been monochromatic imagery courtesy filled and no one even acknowledges from Robby Müller (who shot Down the paperwork verifying his claim on By Law), what is easily Johnny Depp's the job. He has no next of kin. He had most finely tuned performance, and a fiancée, but she changed her mind. an unforgettable Neil Young guitar His very existence quickly begins to score that sears into the landscapes feel superfluous. and nocturnal skies. While only one

of its characters is Native American— a formidable wise man/wise-ass named Nobody (Gary Farmer)—it is an extremely rare film that seems to spring from a Native American point of view. While it rarely misses an opportunity to make a joke it's also very earnest in its politics and spirituality. This is the third film in Metro Cinema's Jim Jarmusch retrospective. There are solid arguments for it being Jarmusch's masterpiece. Did I mention that the title is not a metaphor? After realizing that he's trapped in this infernal industrial noplace with no job and no allies—he's yet to meet Nobody—Blake gets

stinko, gets involved with a lady, and that lady has a bullet, shot from the gun of her jilted lover (Gabriel Byrne) pass straight through her heart before it lodges itself in his—this is no country for pretty women (the only other woman in the film is played by Iggy Pop, and he dies too). From that point on Blake is a dead man walking his way to the river that will whisk him out of this godforsaken world, ushered there by Nobody, who believes him to be not just some William Blake but the William Blake, the poet, painter and mystic, who will henceforth make his pistol his tool for producing verse. It's all prophesied by the stoker (Crispin Glover)

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working on the train that brought Blake here; he makes reference to the end of Blake's journey before the train even arrives in Machine. (Has the stoker already seen the movie?) It's impossible not to spoil Dead Man with regards to its hero's fate, but words could not possibly spoil the strange and spectral beauty of Blake's passage over, or the bizarre encounters he has on route. The cast is rounded out by John Hurt, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Jared Harris, Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton, and none other than Robert Mitchum in his final screen role.

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FILM REVUE // COMEDY

Who makes a sex tape anymore?

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lives while holding down white-fantasy jobs (mom-blogger about to sell her site for millions; music-reviewer with shelves of vinyl and devices full of playlists) and raising cutesy, precocious kids. More precisely, Sex Tape, in its unfunny semi-adult-ness, is post-2007 Apatow or, less generously, post-1997 Kevin Smith. Hand-job, with eyes closed—you may feel jerked around, without any real affection, by Sex Tape. Could be because it's pathetically prudish in its calculated avoidance of frontal nudity and its finale, where Annie and Jay watch their tape, cringing and wincing all the while. Reducing their own sex to the barely physical—contorting, naked bodies that shouldn't be reviewed or indulged in, even by their own selves—the pair's as stupidly literal and un-loveable as the "fuck"repeating movie they're stuck in, and out, and in, and out ...

REVUE // ANIMATED

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s in The Joy of Sex—a crucial seems oh-so-risqué. Amid the blatherguide to LA's Annie (Cameron ing and mania and antics straining to Diaz, sometimes confusing comedy be comedy, as Annie and Jay try to get with acting shocked and gesticulat- back the iPads he gave away (because ing lots) and Jay (Jason Segel, too their sex tape "Frankensync"ed on much the straight man here) as they all of them), these thirtysomething parents say "fuck" choreograph their a lot, y'know, just SoCal-iFornication Now playing to spice things up video—there are Directed by Jake Kasdan many positions to  a little. Irrumatio— take on Sex Tape: something's getMissionary—borting shoved down ing, been-there, done-it-like-that. Plenty other flicks my throat. That would be bushels of recently (American Reunion, This Is 40, Apple product-placements and the etc) have offered couples who've lost many names of actual porn sites. their spark in the bedroom. Sex Tape blathers on like an unoriginal stand- Strap-On—can thrust a feeling of up's meandering riff on "remember, inadequacy or helplessness into the before marriage and kids, when you guy. Sex Tape's so phallocentric and used to have sex all the time?," only focussed on Jay's "boner" that even his with Annie doing a Carrie Bradshaw best buddy reassures him, after seeimpression by prematurely ejaculating ing the tape, "Great dick, by the way." The Full Apatow—where a comedy a "Mommy blog" post all about this never-before-published subject. has upper-middle-class white parents Anal—Not sure I like this, but it in LA carping on about their stressed

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fter Pixar's most pandering fran- neonicotinoids, etc) each year. But his chise, Cars, ran over the box office gearbox has crapped out; meanwhile, (the auto-erotica old fire-truck May duology grossing Now playing Day's been told he needs another cerover $1.1-billion), Directed by Roberts Gannaway tified fire-fighting D i s n e y T o o n s  force on the airlaunched a spinstrip. So Dusty's off with Planes. Swooping in now? Planes 2: Fire & off to Piston Peak National Park Rescue, also with talking trains, talk- (think Yosemite) to train as a slower ing RVs, a "Boat Reynolds" and a su- flying Single Engine Air Tanker (droppercilious SUV. Come summer 2020, ping chemical retardants to fight, in in its ongoing crusade to milk as much our reality, what are often humanmoolah as possible from its glorifica- set blazes or nature's frequent way tion of all power-guzzling transport, of house-keeping). The film's even Disney should be cranking out Funicu- dedicated to all "courageous firefighters around the world" (but using anlars: Ups & Downs. In the MouseCorp's Midwest idyll, thropomorphic, fuel-fired machines "Propwash Junction" is an airfield to honour flesh-and-blood people where ace racer (and former crop- who've died in actual fires). duster) Dusty Crophopper looks forward to the Corn Fest (no doubt in It's all without much flight-of-fancy blissful ignorance of Nixon-subsidized or creative spark (imagine Thomas corn, its high fructose syruping of kids, the Tank Engine directing Top Gun-

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meets-Backdraft). There's an impressive flying sequence in a river gorge and the fires are startlingly rendered (when a raging hellscape's the best of a flick, you know you're in trouble). But this rotor movie's rote in places, too talky, and overstuffed with characters, from forklifts and lil' firebreakmaking "Smokejumper" 'dozers to service vehicles, helicopters, trucks and RVs. (Worst of all, one 'copter is a stereotypical Native whom the others look at funny when he's telling a story about, of course, Coyote; second-worst is Dipper, the main female character, a dippy, clingy, quasistalker type who tells Dusty, "I like to watch you in your sleep.") In the end, this animation's what it was at the start—all about making inanimate objects (not their adult operators or even imaginative child directors) certifiably cool action-figures. BRIAN GIBSON

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REVUE // HORROR

How to make a Blue Revue Entry: Option#1: The group effort

If all crime is legal during the Purge, why isn't this movie about bank fraud?

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ast year's The Purge quickly out the ooze-black satire. From an proved a flat-premise flick—a anti-NFFA revolutionary leader (Micheap, stiff home-invasion fright-fest chael Kenneth Williams) fomenting tricked up in sci-fi garb. A suburban dissent to the story making class warfamily went into lockdown because, fare literal, this flick's weakly stylized nine-years-in-the-future, the States and occasionally lurid but often admirable in its lowsanctions killing annually against budget attempt whoever's in the Now playing to black-mirror a s t r e e t — A m e r - Directed by James DeMonaco "cathartic"-venica's Open For  geance-addicted, Violence, 7pm to community-erod7am each March ed, economically 21. (Hey, maple-budding moviemak- racialized USA. The good guys—Latina waitress Eva, ers! Up here, this could coincide with Victoria Day—anyone for The Purge: her politicized daughter Cali, troubled Pro-Rogue The Bloody F€¢£in' Monar- white couple Shane and Liz—are little more than well-meaning ethnic chy? Soundtrack by the Sex Pistols.) As sequel The Purge: Anarchy stereotypes led by a laconic, grizzled opens, the premise remains—2023's action-hero (Frank Grillo); the villains crime rate is less than five percent are mostly leering-sexist-pig or viand the New Founding Fathers of cious-rich-bastard caricatures. Lots of America seem to have brought their dialogue is flat or expository and some republic close to utopia—but writer- thrill-scenes are scuzzily indulged in, director James DeMonaco then tries, a seaminess not helped by the flick's pretty damned hard, to thicken the lazy style-addiction, especially early plot, deepen the politics and draw on, to close-ups and slo-mo.

But there's a LA noir and dystopia short-story punch to many moments, especially when the band of misfits tries to survive being auctioned off as the "most dangerous game" for those elite eager to kill them in a paintball/steeplechase course of hedges, gated walls, and fountains. It's blood-trickle-down economics as the monied white rich prey on the ethnic poor, luxuriating in their new Roman Empire, where they're the fancy-dress gladiators who can mow or machete down the wage slaves. And as crass and literal and sometimes clunky as its social-warfare parable can be, The Purge: Anarchy better reflects a recognizable 21st-century America—where could-be neighbours would rather be me-first, shootingsprees are practically sanctioned by the state, and $ often comes before community—than most highminded Hollywood dramas.

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A soul-eroding system

Gideon's Army an outstanding doc on public defenders in the US south

The justice system ain't no cakewalk

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These days, if you watched Breaking Bad breathlessly or still follow Mad Men or are into The Americans or anticipating another season of Orange Is The New Black, and even if you don't know or care about the catchy generalization that we're in a "golden era of television," you owe a debt to HBO (more specifically, and super-reductively, The Sopranos and The Wire). But HBO's huge success with some of its big-name series has enabled it to keep bankrolling all kinds of other, noble programming, not least of which are its documentaries. And one of its more acclaimed recent docs, Gideon's Army, is outstanding even by HBO standards. This 90-minute film follows three black public defenders in the US South as they ply their arduous, soul-eroding, overwhelming trade. One defender of three years, Brandy Alexander, always snappily dressed and wearing large earrings, is working about 180 cases at all times. Another, Travis Williams, a rookie on the job but full of passion and drive (he even wins a major award as a Georgia PD), is handling about 120 cases. The third, June Hardwick, gets out of public defending full-time. In case it's not already obvious why, Alexander' brief anecdote—related to the other PDs

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at a support group—about meeting a man accused of raping his daughter to discuss his defence and the man telling her exactly how he raped her ... well, that makes the burnout "hell" of these committed legal servants clear. They're doing "foot soldier" work in the trenches of the justice system, but how long can they keep going? Documentaries—and lately some docu-reality TV—can be very good at digging into people's daily grinds, but director Dawn Porter hasn't only made the financial difficulties (gargantuan student loans, lower pay than at private firms) and immense strains (on time, mind, family and finances) of these PDs' jobs stark; she still makes their commitment to their clients—at least, the few cases Gideon's Army follows—fist-clenchingly gripping. Porter, a black lawyer turned director, obviously has an eye for the legal world and an affinity for these young Southerners defending other, usually even younger Southerners. But it's race that is the obvious yet never gavel-pounded subtext here: most of the defendants are black; Williams was left by his on-the-run mother to be raised by his grandfather and never met his dad, which is, in its broad outlines, a stereotypically common story

in many lower-class African-American communities; Alexander's client Demontes Wright's mother recalls the police bursting into her home to arrest her son, and it's at once a memory of personal pain and an archetypal story freighted with racial meaning. And twice the Civil Rights Movement is connected to the PDs' work—the second time, it's when Rep John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" activists in the '60s, thanks Brandy for her service, a thank-you she recalls with humbled disbelief. Gideon's Army (the name's from a Florida case in 1961 where Clarence Earl Gideon couldn't afford a lawyer, defended himself, and was convicted; Gideon's appeal led to the Supreme Court's 1963 decision that counsel must be provided to those who can't afford it) also offers chilling, expert testimony to us, the jury, about a legal system so laden with cases (12 million people are charged a year in the US) that it's cracking at the seams. And presumption of innocence be damned—the PDs hear seamy stories, contend with poorly prosecuted cases, and deal with so many, many clients who are locked up so long, their lives already slipping so far and fast out of their control, that it's easiest just to plead guilty. V

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PREVUE // ROCK

he Hold Steady has long been the a rock band with some muscle in its songs, but for a number of years and albums that muscle was augmented by the creative, sometimes oddball keys of Franz Nicolay, which often elevated the songs into a different sonic space. The guitars were there, but the keys had a way of cutting right through and making themselves known. After Nicolay departed in early 2010, the band carried on as is for the recording of Heaven Is Whenever—which did include some keys, but in a far more subtle role then in the past—before adding Steve Selvidge to the lineup as a full-time second guitar player for the accompanying tour. After the tour,

singer Craig Finn recorded a solo album that found him leading a band with VUE WEEKLY: The new album an acoustic guitar, before returning to sounds really tough. the Hold Steady and recording Teeth CRAIG FINN: I definitely agree. In fact, Dreams, the most guitar-heavy album the word I was using in the studio was in the band's catalogue, and one that tough. This sounds tough in a good is lyrically right way. I think Sun, Jul 27 in line with the there were a Part of Interstellar Rodeo (Jul 25 – 27) couple things. complex, charHeritage Amphitheatre One, it was acter-driven More info at interstellarrodeo.com our sixth restories that Finn cord and I'm 42 has always told, years old and I but with a new bite that matches the big-rock sound didn't want to make this lame middleof the music. Finn recently spoke aged record. In the end I was proud to Vue Weekly about Teeth Dreams of us for making a record that was ahead of the band's appearance at probably our heaviest, and certainly Interstellar Rodeo. our toughest, I think. The other thing was, Steve Selvidge, our second guitar player, has been with us since the touring started on Heaven Is Whenever but this is the first record that we wrote and recorded with him, so the two guitar back-and-forth thing I think

ended up kinda defining the record, the way that Steve and Tad [Kubler, founding guitarist and main songwriter] play together. And I think the way some of the songs came out, like those guys were riffing and playing guitars together and it just seemed tough and so I think the lyrics kind of went to a little darker place and sort of tried to match the music. VW: Listening to some of the live performances with Steve, there really is some great interplay in the way he works the songs with Tad. CF: It really has come to define our sound I think and that's great. Steve's just kind of brought in a real level of energy just with his playing. We all come from punk rock and he maybe comes from just a different music upbringing being from Memphis, and

also just being a really talented and professional musician. He's from a musical family, so it really just gave us a shot in the arm, so to speak, when he came in. VW: Did the band have a history with Steve before he joined? CF: Yeah, he was in a band called the Bloodthirsty Lovers—he was in a number of bands, but that band, the Bloodthirsty Lovers, opened for us on just a short stretch of dates, a couple, maybe four or five shows, and we got along with him, and Tad and him especially. Tad and him actually found out that they share the same birthday, same day, same year, so they were kind of grooving on that. And we always said, "God if we ever have

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t 35 years old, Jason Isbell is already a music veteran, having held a publishing deal with FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama before joining the Drive-By Truckers in his early twenties. He spent six years with the band Sun, Jul 27 before exiting Part of Interstellar Rodeo (Jul 25 – 27) and continuing Heritage Amphitheatre on his own as a More info at interstellarrodeo.com solo artist and with a new band, the 400 Unit. There were some rough years in there, but now sober, married and happy, Isbell is touring behind Southeastern, an album that's arguably the best of his career so far. The record is full of songs that dredge the same emotional depths of his best work with

the Truckers, telling stories through fictional eyes that reflect Isbell's own journey. And while it's Isbell's story at the heart of the songs, they also tap into a wide range of deeper feelings that listeners can find themselves in without much effort, whether hiding in a dark recess or reaching for the sunshine that sometimes peeks through. Headed towards a set at Interstellar Rodeo, Isbell spoke to Vue about his songwriting, Southeastern and taking the songs out on tour with his band. On telling stories in song I try to write things that are conversational and concise, things that happen a lot for me, things that happen to different people. Normally they're inspired by things that happen in my life. Especially

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with this record I found myself telling my own story even if it was allegorical, even if there was a fictional narrator that I was operating from. Yeah, I think if you're honest enough, people are always gonna feel like you're writing about them. That's the beauty of it, that's the beauty of songwriting, I guess. This record, I think I had more of a story to tell. A lot of things that happened, and there were a lot of changes while I was writing this and before I was writing this record, so I had a lot to talk about, but that's always the case. I mean, that's why I started writing songs in the first place, really. You know, outside of the fact that I like songs and I like stories, that sort of makes it so I can unpack CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 >>

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a second guitar player, if we have the chance to add one, he'd be the right one." He seemed like the right guy and when we did he fit perfectly personally and musically. VW: You say that you have a second gui-

tarist now, but you play guitar as well.

CF: Yeah, I do sort of. I did when I was

the second guitar player, but then as we've gotten into the third guitar, with Steve and Tad there isn't much room for me and I'm just not a player at their level. So there are a couple songs I play on but more and more I'm just not playing guitar for bigger parts of the set. It ended up being kind of an ornament and I wasn't really cutting through anyway. Sometimes it's nice to have something to do with your hands, but its kind of musically unnecessary.

VW: Has it been an adjustment with the hands? CF: Yeah. Not so much on the small stages of the small shows, but when you're playing festivals with a big stage, sometimes it's hard. But then you always have the option of strapping on the guitar. I keep it up there and when I feel like I'm running out of things to do I'll start playing some guitar.

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VW: You played a lot more guitar on your solo record? CF: Yeah, absolutely. That's the other thing: with the Hold Steady I really only write the lyrics, but the solo record I wrote the music, too. I played guitar and it wasn't the loudest instrument on stage for sure, but it allowed me to kind of lead the band, which was people who were mostly new to me. That was a really good experience, the solo record. It allowed me to do some things that I don't get to

my own baggage and explain to myself how I feel about certain things. On songwriting It's pretty much year round. It's harder to do when I'm on the road, but I still do that occasionally when we're travelling. If I'm home I usually fit some time in every couple of days. It's not really anything I do with the specific purpose of making records. I just sort of write. I think it's good for me. I try not to let anything dilute or distract from the original purpose of writing the song, which is just to tell a very specific story. I don't really write in directions anymore. When I was with the Truckers I used to write songs specifically because I would think I need to write a song that sounds like it belongs in the band, but after that I really stopped doing that. I just kind of write whatever I feel like writing. It's always going to wind up sounding like me in the end, no matter if I run from it or not. On albums I do write albums and I try to make them consistent. Especially with this last album, I spent a whole lot

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MUSIC do in the Hold Steady, but in the end it made me really excited to get back and make a big loud record with the Hold Steady because the solo thing was quite a bit quieter. VW: The rest of the band started working on the new record while you were out on tour for your solo album? CF: Yeah, those guys went down to Memphis and did about seven demos. Steve has a back house in his place and they did a few demos there and they sent them to me just trying to keep it going. I didn't want them to have to sit home while I did this thing and they wanted to keep busy, so they sent me the seven songs and I think at least three or four made the record. We changed them around a little bit, but it allowed me to write lyrics and get back in where I had lyrics and they had these rough ideas of songs and try to move things forward a bit. VW: Has Steve being in the band had an impact on Tad's songwriting? CF: What's interesting is, yeah, he kind of allows Steve to have that room and then they can kind of push back and forth, not to mention that when they recorded the guitars on the record, when they did overdubs, they stood next to each other and played together so they could see, like, oh, you don't need to do this down low because I'm doing that, so maybe you can go high. The other thing about this record that I think is a little different is that we went to Nashville to make it, and it was the first record we made outside of the New York area. We lived together in a house and went and recorded every day and I think there was a level of focus involved that really helped. It's kind of a big thing and maybe costs a bit more money to get out of town, but I really like the idea of making records like that just to get

of time working on every song just because I didn't want there to be a lot of stuff to skip over. I hate that filler. Sometimes even really great songwriters will write an album that has two or three good songs on it and then you skip the rest of them and I hate that. I didn't want to do that. You know, I think there's a part of my brain that probably spends some time concerned about the direction that the industry's going in, but I try to keep that part of my brain as far away from the part that creates as I possibly can because I don't want to make things with the purpose to sell it. On taking Southeastern on the road with his band, the 400 Unit I think [the songs] are probably more dynamic. I mean, the big moments are bigger, that's for sure, but the band listens a lot. They play very much for the song. It's very reminiscent of the original recording and most nights I think we're probably pretty close to as good as we were in the studio, sometimes probably better, but the dynamics are bigger. It's more of a show, like it's supposed to be. They're two very different things to me, recording and performing live. I don't usually perform songs live before I've recorded them in the studio.

everyone together, because everyone's a little older now—some of the guys have kids and whatnot—so to get everyone in the middle of somewhere else, you can really get everyone focused on the task at hand. VW: You used a different producer this time as well. CF: Yeah, Nick Raskulinecz, who has produced some pretty big rock records—Foo Fighters and Rush and Deftones, Alice in Chains, the new Mastodon—so he's known for more hard rock records and I think the cool thing about Nick, when it came to us, he wasn't overly familiar with our band—I think he was even less familiar then he said he was—so he had no preconceived notions. He just wanted to make a big, good record, and I think that was cool. He didn't have a lot of hangups like, "Oh, that's what the last one sounded like" or "This is what it's supposed to be like." He just said let's take these songs and make them great. VW: In the past you've had relationships with producers over more than one album. CF: It was different and I think one of the problems is—this is my theory— the more you become comfortable with someone, the less effective in some way they are. I think having some amount of discomfort or nervousness or something kind of charges the environment in a good way. Because if he says like, "Ah, that sucks, that's really not a good part you came up with," you feel kind of bad, but if someone you know really well says, "Oh that sucks," you start to argue, "No, it doesn't." I don't know, I like the sort of authority that that discomfort gives. EDEN MUNRO

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Now I have the luxury of that. There have been times when I've been forced to do it the other way. I mean I have to rehearse songs with the band, everybody has to pretty much know what they're doing ... but now we can take the time to learn the songs once we get there and that way you don't really fall in love with a part or a certain arrangement that you've been playing live for a month or six months or a year. That can be a really difficult thing to overcome when you get in the studio and your drummer or your piano player, your bass player, somebody's fallen in love with the part they've been playing and it turns out that consensus says that's just not the right part for the song. That can be an obstacle that I think is easily avoided if you have the luxury of studio time. But the show is supposed to be a show. It's supposed to be big and small and loud and quiet and loud again, and I think that having a full band really helps that, it adds to that. There are some moments when I'm just up there by myself or up there with the piano player and that's nice, but I'm not going to do a whole show of that unless I'm told in advance that it's an acoustic show.

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Ventanas C

ante, toque, baile and palmas— singing, guitar playing, dance and hand clapping together form the flamenco style. Mix that with some Balkan and Mediterranean vocals, though, and you have Ventanas. The word ventana translates to window in Spanish—very fitting, given the group's idea on cultural acceptance and exploration. "We're not just one window, we're various windows. And its not an opaque window, it's a transparent window—where we can look in on other cultures but they can also look in on us," says Ventanas vocalist Tamar Llana. Llana's home base is downtown Toronto, but she feels a strong connection to many European countries as she spent quite a few sum-

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mers travelling The Artery upcoming tour, through them. the mandolin is $25 (advance), $30 (door) the instrument "I feel like I grew up in Spain a lot," of choice. Llana says. "A lot of my memories "It doesn't sound like very much from childhood, teenagehood and fun," she chuckles, "but we like to adulthood are based in Spain and create new tunes and sounds and all over Europe—Greece, Turkey, there's lots of mixing and matching." the Balkans." The band will have to find a great For Llana, those summers abroad deal of new instruments to play as are what allowed her to soak up Llana says they hope to do quite a the styles of so many cultures bit of touring in the next few years. through osmosis, thus creating the Llana says the band is hoping to plan a tour in Europe, the US and sound that the band currently has. "We've fused everything together South America—three tours in and we have our own sound as a three years. band now." "I feel at home travelling, but I always love coming home in beOn the road, Llana says that they tween." DE LEEUW all love to learn new instruments— LAUREN LAUREND@VUEWEEKLY.COM kind of like a group hobby. For this

PREVUE // FUNK

The Party on High Street The life of the party

efore listening to the music of "Funk music is always fun," Charuk The Party on High Street, my says. "In funk music, everyone has first recommendation is to watch their own input into the quirkiness "Palette for the Party"—a music of it and when you put it all tovideo that shows exactly what gether, you can make some pretty the band is all awesome music." about: eccentric costumes, funky Sat, Jul 26 The group dancing and real- Part of the Sasquatch Gathering started jamming Rangeton Park, Evansburg AB ly upbeat music. together seven "We're a little years ago at a psychedelic," house (located says Travis Charuk, the band's lead so conveniently on High Street) in singer and guitar player. The band's Nelson, BC and this place just so music is rooted in funk, but it isn't happens to be the reason for the afraid to delve into a little bit of band's name everything, including hip hop, folk "All of us rented it out and got together," Charuk says. "It's got a music and rock 'n' roll. However, its inspiration for the lot of good vibes. Such a place just mainly funk-based music comes resonated with us so we just got from its willingness to let everyone the name together and we were all play a role in how the music sounds. kind of based out of this house."

The band has been on a few tours in the last few years, and Charuk says that they love to include their fans in their live shows. "There was a while we were carrying around a bunch of afros and a bag full of percussion instruments and knick knacks and bangarangers," he says. "We'd hand them all out so the audience could really get involved." Disc-golf is one of the bands favourite road hobbies, but overall, music is this group's passion. Alongside playing on stages, the Party on High Street band also spends its time busking. "It's a vacation from the music and it keeps us sharp," says Charuk. "It really just gets you out there."

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Silence the Machine / Fri, Jul 25 (8:30 pm)

David Vest / Fri, Jul 25

With a uniquely heavy and dynamic sound, these rockers are sure to keep your head banging for the entire show. (The Studio Music Foundation, $10 in advance, $15 at the door) —LD

Vest’s weathered voice, boogie-woogie piano style and great band make it a good night for rockin’ in your chair or dancing to some great blues tunes. (Sherwood Park, DanLyn Studios) —LD

Nekrogoblikon / Sat, Jul 26 (8 pm) Tom Waits Tribute Night / Sat, Jul 26 (8 pm) A Tribe Called Red / Sun, Jul 27 (9 pm) Tribal techno that is sure to make your eardrums tingle. This group just won a Juno for Breakthrough Group of the Year, which automatically puts it on the list of “check these guys out.” (Starlite) —LD

A classic night of American singer/songwriter Tom Waits’ songs covered by artists such as Jon Irving, Mike Dunn, Joe Nolan and many more. (Wunderbar, $10 at door) —LD

Heavy metal and goblins. Enough said. (The Studio Music Foundation) —LD

Wax Mannequin / Wed, Jul 30 (9 pm) Wyatt Easterling / Wed, Jul 30 (7:30 pm)

Producer, writer, performer. Easterling’s smooth vocals and storytelling style are sure to keep you captivated during his show. (100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, $8 at the door) —LD

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Bring an open mind to this indie rocker’s show. Earnest lyrics and a gritty tonality await. (Wunderbar) —LD

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MUSIC NEWS // VENUE SALE

Wanna buy a venue? Scene hub Wunderbar goes up for sale

Anyone wanna buy a venue? // Eden Munro

or sale: Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus, definitely worn. The grubby, cozy, beloved venue, positioned just off Whyte ave, is up for sale after four years under the ownership of Craig Martell, Levi Christensen and Ryan Generoux (the latter of whom came onboard after original partner Chris Janke stepped away). During their ownership tenure, Wunderbar became the Edmonton's music scene's indie hub, the same position once held by the Sidetrack Café (RIP). Wunderbar persisted, in the face of an increasingly clubby scene on Whyte, to provide live shows— music, comedy or otherwise—almost every night of the week. Bands, musi-

cians and an entire scene flourished around its existence. But that sort of goodwill and creative success doesn't necessarily translate to financial durability: Martell, Christensen and Generoux have basically lived off of tips for that entire time. "We did what you never should do, which is buy a business where you have no financial leeway to make up for a bad month," Martell says. "And I know tons of businesses in this town that, for example, will suffer in the summertime, or suffer in the wintertime. They have the money to keep going through the bad times until the good times hit again. We've never had that luxury; we've always

just been, well, however much money we made this month is however much money we have. And we have to pay X-Y-Z with it. And it becomes a bit frustrating." Selling the bar has been on Martell's mind for a few months now. "And I've thought about it intermittently through the last couple years," he adds. "Once in a while, it would cross my mind, and then something would happen where I'd be like, well, just keep on until this happens, keep on until this happens, y'know?" Martell's show calendar—booking bands into Wundi up to four months in advance—made it difficult to imagine selling, too. And then, in a catalyzing move about a month ago,

Martell stopped booking shows past September. Recently, Martell notes, he'd started to find it more difficult to shake off shows that didn't go so well. "Before, I was more able to let it roll off my back a bit," he says. "'Ah well, this one's bad, but there'll be another one that's good.' But now, when I have a deadly show that's been wellpromoted, and I show up at Wunderbar and there's 10 people, that affects me at my core That gave me the hint that it might be time: well, if these things are bothering me so much, and they're gonna keep happening—it's the nature of owning a venue—maybe it's time to let someone else take a crack at it." He brought the idea of selling to Christensen and Generoux a few weeks ago, once all three of them could get in the same room together; all three landed on the same page without much difficulty. And, to Martell's relief, there's been immediate interest in purchasing the bar—even before it was formally announced, having just told a few close friends, Martell was approached by a few different people about the potential purchase.

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For his part, Martell thinks the Wundi demographic could be expanded without the place losing its integrity; if whoever the next owners are could get the bar active earlier in the day, or keep audiences lingering after shows. "That's always been our biggest limiter: the only reason people come here is for shows," he says. "And we can only sell booze to them during the show. The bar's empty until the show starts. And then the show ends and it's a mass exodus like the building's on fire. And I think somebody can turn it into more than that." Still, for a guy who's letting go of the reins of one of the most beloved venues in Edmonton, Martell seems to be in pretty optimistic spirits about the whole thing. "I feel really good, man. I feel really positive about the whole thing. Kind of overwhelmed—it's like a swirl of emotions for sure. I think seeing just the emotional outpouring from everybody was a shock. A good shock: it was really nice to hear those things. "I'm sure it's gonna get weird and hit me at some point, but right now I'm just exited for the future—for me and for Wunderbar."

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Clipping CLPPNG (Sub Pop)  Almost right on cue, Clipping (sometimes stylized as "clipping") recently released their second fulllength, CLPPNG, a couple weeks before Death Grips announced its breakup. The noise hip-hop trio from Los Angeles are in it for the

The Shoe I'm Okay (There Was An Old Woman) 

With playful and direct lyrics, Jena Malone's syrupy-sweet vocals play like a big sister's lullaby, making words like Google maps sound endearing. Her easy first-person stories make it very easy to fall in l-u-v with the Shoe, as she gently lets her voice

shock factor and their major label debut with Sub Pop is full of fractured sounds and unconventional rap beats. To call Clipping "experimental" would be an understatement—producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson are unforgiving when they get rapper Daveed Diggs and the rotating group of featured artists to spit verses over squeals and hisses, grating alarm clocks, sounds mimicking a CD skipping (it fooled me) or just silence with some crunchy parts. CLPPNG is highly polarizing with ideas flying around haphazardly, but Diggs' surprisingly immaculate flow does align nicely with the noise collage at certain points. If anything, CLPPNG is an intriguing listen for those up for the challenge.

Peter Murphy Lion (Nettwerk) 

shuffle behind the keys. This record feels like the simple passage of a day, not so much in the narratives, but in presentation. You feel the shadowy predawn of casio & voice on the title track, then ever so gradually, more instruments are added on each successive song. The mood and tempos slowly pick up, until you hear the skippy xylophone on "Indian Giver" (maybe not the best title) and realize that you're immersed in what feels like a wonderfully calm and sunny day. Like any good day, that sun seems to set a bit sooner than hoped for, and leaves you a little bummed that it all passed by so soon. Coming to a coffee shop near you (probably), I'm Okay is young and precocious, gentle and soft, making it perfect for the innocent and forgiving soul.

Notable producer Youth does a deadly job of making Peter Murphy's Lion sound massive, slicing razor sharp THX wave forms with giant electric guitars and heavy synth beats to herald immanent doom. But peel back the majestic pain, and it's pretty tepid verse-chorus stuff. Sounding almost too much like the Thin White Duke, Murphy's poetics waft through these songs in a register and style that feel too serious. The mostly mid-tempo aggression is rather dull, and never really soars. Instead, it seems as though each song just tweaks the same effects knobs to ever-diminishing effect. "Low Tar Stars" kind of rocks, but is more enjoyable if considered parody, while "The Ghost of Shokan Lake" may be the one redeeming tune, as it presents what feels like the only honest emotion on the record, but comes so late in the album that you're already too over it all to really pay attention. This is the hybrid of Bowie & Nine Inch Nails, which would be a pretty cool blend if the aforementioned artists hadn't already collaborated. Lion comes across as an imitator that simply can't hold a candle to the original, and as a result, you really look forward to the lights to going out.

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Four IN 140 Trampled by Turtles, Wild Animals (Banjo Dad) @VueWeekly: A brilliant combination of old-world folk & highspeed intensity in the Minnesota act's most agreeable album. Go see 'em this weekend.

Bleachers, Strange Desire (RCA) @VueWeekly: Whatever your thoughts on this Jack Antonoff (fun.) solo project's vibe ('80s + massive pep), you must appreciate honesty on a pop album.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye (Warner) @VueWeekly: Petty's earned his cynic's tales at this point. And, man, what a burning album this is ...

Rise Against, The Black Market (Universal) @VueWeekly: Rise Against actually have something mildly decent to tour on (and play on infinite repeat on local radio). Enough is enough, though. 22 MUSIC

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Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Mike Letto

all ages; no cover FILTHY MCNASTY’S Taking

Gord Bamford KELLY’S PUB Jameoke Night

JEFFREY’S CAFÉ Tim Isberg;

9pm; $10 K-DAYS–KoodoNation

stage with Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am

every Fri, 9:30pm-1:30am

WALTER MACKENZIE CENTRE–U of A Hospital

Summer of Song: Carrie Day (singer-songwriter); 12-1pm

DJs

Macdonald (country)

BLIND PIG PUB & GRILL Live

Pederson; no cover

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Lionel Rault; dinner show: 6pm; donations

OVERTIME Sherwood Park

BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Evening: Bill Durst

Dueling pianos

Main Fl: Throwback Thu:

RED PIANO BAR Hottest

CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7:

Retro ‘80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close THE COMMON The Common

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week!

dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am ROSE AND CROWN PUB Amie

Weymes SASQUATCH GATHERING– Rangeton Park The

McGowan Family Band, hosted by vocal percussion duo Nomasia, also, Billie Zizi (gypsy swing guitar), the Kimberley MacGregor Band, the Frolics, Motonogo

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A

Stan Gallant

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION

ON THE ROCKS Salsa

Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

UNION HALL 3 Four All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous

FRI JUL 25 APEX CASINO–VEE LOUNGE

Jukebox Leigh

Albert and Lionel Rault; dinner show: 6pm; donations BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst BRIXX BAR Monarch Sky,

Unity Through Tragedy, Black Collar; 9pm

Silence the Machine (CD release party), Tyler Dory Trio, Knock; 8:30pm TIRAMISU BISTRO Live

music every Fri WALDORF HOTEL– Wagon Wheel Saloon –Leduc

Third Degree (classic rock); 9pm; no cover

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Every Friday DJs on all three levels THE BOWER Strictly Goods:

CASINO EDMONTON

NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam

Jameoke with the Nervous Flirts (Karaoke with a band); 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD Rik

RED PIANO Every Thu:

Reese (country rock; 9pm

Dueling pianos at 8pm

CHURCHILL SQ–Taste of Edmonton Windmills, 6pm;

Thursdays (roots); hosted by Gord Matthews; 6:30-

KAY, 9pm INTERSTELLAR RODEO– Heritage Amphitheatre

Trampled By Turtles, Blackie And The Rodeo Kings, No Sinner, Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans; 4:30pm (gate); weekend

dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm2am RENDEZVOUS PUB Kickin’ Krotch, Austere, Hole in the Floor, Better us Than Strangers; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $10

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

Jameoke with the Nervous Flirts (Karaoke with a band); 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD Rik

Reese (country Rock; 9pm CHURCHILL SQ– Young

Benjamins, 6pm; JPNSGRLS, 7:15pm; Christian Hansen, 9pm DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY The

Rural Routes DV8 The Press Gang, the

Heroin Hayride; 9pm FILTHY MCNASTY’S Free

Afternoon Concerts: this week:

Evans Sat Jam (rock): every Sat; 4-8pm ROSE AND CROWN PUB Amie

Weymes Afternoon: Jill Pollock

(singer-songwriter, ukelele) hosts the Sat afternoon, Bob Tildesley and the Humane Beings (jazz fusion ensemble ), Two Bears North (folk trio), Song Circle with Ken Stead, Lindsay May, and Cadence and Nathan; Evening: Cockatoo (alt rock), the Party on High Street ((funk), Boosh (electronic), Los Calaveras (rock), the Alex Vissia Band (roots), Three Sun Sea (jazz), Bardic Form (acoustic guitar duo), Andrew Scot (singersongwriter), song circle/ blues jam: Duane Elias, Miguel Ferrer, Marshall Lawrence, Erin Ross and Jenie Thai. Children’s act the Time Flies will start the day, hosted by bilingual songstress Ariane Lemire

Victoria Baldwin and Tanelle Milton, Deryck Lapyem; 4pm; no cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

FIONN MACCOOL’S–City Centre Al Lukas; 8pm; all

Mike Letto

ages, no cover

Stan Gallant

Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A

Flows: Live Hip Hop and open mic every Fri with DJs Xaolin, Dirty Needlz, guests; 8:30pm-2am; no cover

INTERSTELLAR RODEO– Heritage Amphitheatre

DJs

Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth HILLTOP PUB Open Stage,

Fri; 9pm

Bidiniband, the Strumbellas, Wagons, Tift Merritt, Amos Lee, Lee Fields and the Expressions, Ford Pier, Hydra, Andrew Bird; 11:30am (gate); weekend passes/single tickets at Six Shooter Records webstore, Blackbyrd, Permanent Records

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce

JEFFREY’S CAFÉ Stillmore

THE COMMON Good Fridays:

nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh

FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri

Macdonald (country)

RED PIANO BAR Hottest

Nekrogoblikon, Mongol (CD release); 8pm

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live

NEW WEST HOTEL Jo

PETROLEUM CLUB Jazz Brunch: Gourmet buffet and live music by a collective of jazz musicians; 11am-1pm; $55; CELLAR LOUNGE–LOWER LEVEL: Evening: Club Jazz @ the Cellar Lounge: Edmonton Jazz Festival Society: Showcase of live jazz last Sat each month; 8-11pm; $10 (adv at TIX on the Square)/$12 (door)

Jam every Sat; 3:30-7pm

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu

music every Fri; This week: Amerada Road; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

PAWN SHOP Raygun Cowboys, No Problem, Fire Next Time, guests

CHICAGO JOES Colossal

Grove DJ every Fri

Perry Trio; 5-8pm

Dueling pianos

GAS PUMP Saturday

Train Wreck

pianos every Fri Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

OVERTIME Sherwood Park

Old school and new school hip hop & R&B with DJ Twist, Sonny Grimez, and Marlon English; every Fri

CAFFREY’S–In the Park

RICHARD’S PUB Blue

Train Wreck

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

the New Big Time with Rocko Vaugeois, friends; 8-12

Lambert; 7:30pm

CAFFREY’S–In the Park

FILTHY MCNASTY’S Taking

BRITTANY’S LOUNGE PJ

REXALL PLACE Queen, Adam

every Sat Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

Open mic; 7pm; $2

stage; 7pm; no cover

Smile, DJs

SASQUATCH GATHERING

CASINO EDMONTON

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open

Pederson; no cover ON THE ROCKS Mustard

BOURBON ROOM Live Music

Andrew Scott Mike Letto

OMAILLES IRISH PUB Ron

RICHARD’S PUB The Terry

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

Back Thursdays

9:30pm

BOHEMIA DARQ Saturdays: Industrial - Goth - Dark Electro with DJs the Gothfather and Zeio; 9pm; $5 (door); (every Sat except the 1st Sat of the month)

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ every Thu

L.B.’S PUB Thu open stage:

RENDEZVOUS PUB The Recollection Blues Band; 7pm (door), 8pm (show)

jam every Sat; 3-7pm

ON THE ROCKS Rock ‘N’ Hops Kitchen Party: Mustard Smile, DJs

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu

Rock&Roll, Funk, Soul, R&B and 80s with DJ Thomas Culture; jamz that will make your backbone slide; Wooftop: Dig It! Thursdays. Electronic, roots and rare groove with DJ’s Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests

Afternoon : Big Al’s House

OMAILLES IRISH PUB Ron

NEW WEST HOTEL Jo

BOURBON ROOM Dueling

by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111

“B” STREET BAR Rockin Big Blues and Roots Open Jam: Every Sat afternoon, 2-6pm

of Blues Wam Bam Thank you Jam: free chilli hosted by Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens; every Sat, 2-6pm

with the Nervous Flirts (sing-along with a live band); every Thu, 9pm1am; no cover

open stage; 8pm; all ages (15+)

SAT JUL 26

BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES

LIVE AT SLY’S–THE RIG Jam

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Chloe

K-DAYS–KoodoNation Stage

Fridays

L.B.’S PUB The Last Calls

J R BAR AND GRILL Live

Elizabeth Ackerley (jazz guitar); 8pm; $10

Headwind and friends (vintage rock ‘n’ roll); 9:30pm; no minors, no cover

TAVERN ON WHYTE Open

ARTERY The Fuzz Kings, Bombproof the Horses; 8pm

JEFFREY’S CAFÉ Jessica

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation

Everclear, Soul Asylum, and EVE 6

Blues every Thur: rotating guests; 7-11pm

Back Thursdays: Live music; 9pm Jam Thu; 9pm

J+H PUB Every Friday:

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live

OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE Wild Life Thursdays

FIONN MACCOOL’S–City Centre Mae Anderson; 7pm;

every Fri

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog:This week: Al Lukas (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

CHURCHILL SQ–Taste of Edmonton The Give ‘Em Hell

Stage; 1st Thu each month, 7:30pm-10:30pm

UNION HALL Ladies Night

Rural Routes

Stage Summerland Tour:

Bunker Thursdays

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Open

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY The

SUITE 69 Release Your Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri

Stan Gallant

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A

CypherWild: A community gathering: hip hop culture with live music, DJs, MCs, dancing, and art. Hosted by DJ Creeasian; every Thu, 6-9pm; if you cannot find programming as scheduled in the Square, look behind the Stanley A. Milner library in Centennial Plaza; every Thu, 6-9pm until end Sep, weather permitting

Boys, 6pm; Dead City Dolls, 7:15pm; Frijid Pink, 9pm

passes/single tickets at Six Shooter Records webstore, Blackbyrd, Permanent Records

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every

MERCER TAVERN

Homegrown Friday: with DJ Thomas Culture

Blu; 9pm; $10 K-DAYS–KoodoNation Stage

The Road Hammers L.B.’S PUB Pete Turland LEAF BAR AND GRILL Open

Stage Sat–It’s the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm;

STARLITE ROOM Dirty Audio, Tin Cup; 9pm; $20 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace Sessions:

Alt Rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hiphop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Dr Erick THE BOWER For Those Who Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down It’s

Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every

Sat; 9pm

RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri

LEGENDS Saturday Jam

and open mic with Nick Samoil and guests

ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten

SET NIGHTCLUB NEW

LIVE AT SLY’S–THE RIG Jam

FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat

Fridays: House and Electro with Peep This, Tyler Collns, Peep’n ToM, Dusty Grooves, Nudii and Bill, and specials SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Amplified Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door)

every Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am NAKED CYBER CAFÉ

Constant Promise; 7-9pm; $8 (door) NEW WEST HOTEL Jo

Macdonald (country) O’BYRNE’S Live band every

Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat,

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Collective Saturdays underground: House and Techno MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Wong every Sat PAWN SHOP Transmission

Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with

VUEWEEKLY JUL 24 – JUL 30, 2014

MUSIC 23

JUL/26 JUL/27 AUG/1 AUG/8 AUG/9 AUG/11 AUG/14 AUG/15 AUG/21 AUG/23 AUG/23

DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month

HOG’S DEN PUB Rockin’ the

RED STAR Indie rock, hip

Heritage Amphitheatre

hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

ALL BLOWN UP PRESENTS

DIRTY AUDIO & TIN CUP A TRIBE CALLED RED UBK PRESENTS

GOD MODULE & IVARDENSPHERE BADBADNOTGOOD

CARIWEST INVASION BLACK JOE LEWIS UNION EVENTS PRESENTS

RUN THE JEWELS MISERY SIGNALS & MALICE X

W/ GUESTS

NIGHT VISION PRESENTS

BLOND:ISH TAIKI NULIGHT CHET FAKER UBK PRESENTS

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai SET NIGHTCLUB SET

Saturday Night House Party: With DJ Twix, Johnny Infamous SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm INTERSTELLAR RODEO–

Jeff Stuart ant the Hearts, the Lone Bellow, Jadea Kelly, the Hold Steady, Bahamas, Henri Herbert, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Jason Isbell, Selina Martin, Gord Downie, the Sadies, the Conquering Sun; 11:30am (gate); weekend passes/single tickets at Six Shooter Records webstore, Blackbyrd, Permanent Records

TASMAN JUDE

W/ AUGUST ALAIMOANA, TALIA PEREZ

AUG/8 AUG/9

PHAELEH ATRATES

UPPER LEVEL OF STARLITE

THE BREAKBEAT REBELLION:

DRUM N BASS

24 MUSIC

JEFFREY’S CAFÉ Celcius

with Kris Harvey and guests

Quartet

MERCURY ROOM Music

Magic Monday Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Mon singer-songwriter night: hosted by Sarah Smith; 8pm NEW WEST HOTEL 4’s A

Crowd (country)

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM

K-DAYS–KoodoNation Stage

HALL Acoustic instrumental

Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com

USS [Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker]

SUITE 69 Stella Saturday:

NEWCASTLE PUB The

retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

LIVE AT SLY’S–THE RIG

Every Sun Jam with LocoMoFos, hosted by Bob Cook; 8-12pm Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every

UNION HALL Celebrity

Nightkeepers

Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous Y AFTERHOURS Release

Saturdays

SUN JUL 27 ARTERY Cygnets, the Will to Power, guests; 6:30pm BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES

Sun Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm BLACKJACK’S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun

Sun; 9:30pm-1am

CRISTY’S HOUSE CONCERTS–Spruce Grove Wyatt Easterling; 4pm; tickets and info: Cris Tyschuk, 780.910.7045, 780.968.0426 DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun

Night Live on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Celtic

Music with Duggan’s House Band 5-8pm

old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510 ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

Open Mic Monday Nights with Adam Holm

ON THE ROCKS The RICHARD’S PUB Sunday

Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky SASQUATCH GATHERING MC

Ariane Mahryke Lemire, the Time Flies, Andrew Scott, Blues session/song circle w/Duane Elias, Miguel Ferrer, Marshall Lawrence, Erin Ross, Jenie Thai, and Roschkov and Bordeaux, Bardic Form; ends at 7pm STARLITE ROOM A Tribe

Called Red, Knight Riderz, Creeazn; 9pm; $15-$20

DJs

A fantastic voyage through ‘60s and ‘70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus

Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

MON JUL 28 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest:

mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots

industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

TUE JUL 29

MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday

BRITTANY’S LOUNGE PJ Perry

Trio; 8-11pm BRIXX BAR Lettuce Produce

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

Beats; 6pm

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; 4’s A Crowd (country)

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Wed

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every

Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

Open mic every Tue

open mic with host Duff Robison ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave Open mic every

Wed (unless there’s an Oilers game); no cover

RED PIANO Every Tue: the Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code

FESTIVAL PLACE Qualico Patio Series: Wyatt Easterling,

RICHARD’S PUB Tue Live Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm

NEW WEST HOTEL 4’s A

SANDS HOTEL Country music

dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm; This weeks band:

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

Duane Allen

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: The Night with No Name featuring DJs Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests playing tasteful, eclectic selections

BRIXX Metal night every Tue DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

Psychobilly, Hallowe’en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue RED STAR Experimental Indie

Trinity Bradshaw (country, singer-songwriter); 7:30pm; $8 Crowd (country) OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

Jason Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm2am every Wed; no cover PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member)

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night

Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 ROSSDALE HALL Rossdale

Hall Little Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

Duane Allen SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A

Amie Weymes ZEN LOUNGE Jazz

Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

rock, hip hop, electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue

DJs

dance, Greek, Lebanese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Sephardic love songs, Flamenco palos), with guest Flamenco dancers Deborah Ibach and Jane Ogilvie; 8pm (show); $25 (adv)/$30 (door)

SUITE 69 Rockstar Tuesdays:

Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES

stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12

Radio: Alternative ‘80s and ‘90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe

BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats

ARTERY Ventanas (Bulgarian

Big Dreamer Sound open jam with guest, hosted by Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O’brien; every Tue 8pm-12am BLUES ON WHYTE Anni Piper DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage Tue: featuring; 9pm L.B.’S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr;

Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs

WED JUL 30 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open

New Music Wed: Featured band hosted by Lochlin Cross and Leigh Friesen (open stage) after the bands set BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio:

Funk and Soul with Doktor

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: RetroActive

THE COMMON The Wed

Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every

Wed

UBK PRESENTS

W/ ENDURING THE FALL, SCREAMING RADIO

AUG/16

Open Jam: Trevor Mullen

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY

BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst

JUL/26

BLUES ON WHYTE Anni Piper

Monday open mic; this week hosted by Scott Cook

Jamerson

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

W/ BLACK COLLAR, VANGOHST, SOMETHING MECHANICAL

Erick every Wed; 9pm

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue

JEFFREY’S CAFÉ Sierra

Brunch: Hawaiian Dreamers; BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 9am-3pm; donations Main Floor: Soul Sundays:

MONARCH SKY

7-11pm

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

hosted by Tim Lovett

JUL/25

BLUES ON WHYTE Anni Piper

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave "B" STREET BAR 11818111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, 780.418.6332 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@ thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 1022597 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750124 St CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580

CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 1033281 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DIVERSION LOUNGE 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DOW–Shell Theatre–Ft Sask 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-

VUEWEEKLY JUL 24 – JUL 30, 2014

82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St INTERSTELLAR RODEO Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546126 St, 780.453.2249 J+H PUB 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR AND TAP HOUSE 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-

111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PETROLEUM CLUB 11110108 St PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower School, 10135-96 Ave ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SASQUATCH GATHERING Rangeton Park, 1.5 hrs

Dr WEM SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca SIDELINERS PUB 11018127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAVERN ON WHYTE 1050782 Ave, 780.521.4404 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO– St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WALDORF HOTEL–Wagon Wheel Saloon 4820-50 Ave, Leduc, 780.986.3259 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM

COMEDY Black Dog Freehouse • Underdog

Comedy show: Alternating hosts • Every Thu, 8-11pm • No cover

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment

Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • That's Improv!; Jul 25-26 • Ben Proulx; Aug 1-2 • Marvin Knawczyk; Aug 8-9

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM •

780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • Isaac Witty; until Jul 27 • Nick Vatterott; Jul 30-Aug 3 • Barry Brewer; Aug 6-10 • Chris Distefano; Aug 13-17 • Greg Warren; Aug 20-24 • Jassimae Peluso; Aug 28-31

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 •

Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave •

Empress Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/CONNIE'S COMEDY • 16648-109 Ave • Komedy Krush:

hosted by Connie's Comedy starting with open mic comedy • Jul 31, 9pm; featuring Ryan Patterson; following Name that Tune with Capital City Singles

each month; 2:30-4pm • $5

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

Downtown Earth's General Store, 10150-104 St • Vegan Bake Sale • Jul 26, 11am-3pm

KIDS WITH CANCER SOCIETY PARENTING GROUP • 11135-84 Ave • Psychotherapy Group

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL HIKE • waskahegantrail.ca • Meet at the NW corner of Superstore parking, 51 Ave, Calgary Tr; Carpooling available from here • Hike the 309 km Waskahegan Trail for a 10km guided hike along the middle section of Coal Lake with hike leader David 780.434.2675; Jul 26, 8:45am-3pm • $5 (carpool); $20 (annual membership)

• Meet at the Little White School, 2 Madonna Dr, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • Along the walk archival photographs, stories and historic buildings bring the story of St Albert, both past and present, to life • Every Thu, 6:30pm through the summer • Jul 24 (Downtown) • $3 (donation)

for parents of children with childhood cancer. Upcoming topics include: generating hope; information and problem solving strategies; communication and closeness and more • 2nd Thu each month until Sep 11, 10am-12

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown

• Practice group meets every Thu

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •

Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleine-sanam.org/en • Program for HIVAID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall,

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON

• 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free

ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio

0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

QUEER

Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia

Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10-min discussion, followed by a 30 to 40-min walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/session (goes to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta)

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351-

118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters. com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP

10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing. com • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) •

Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner

Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Monthly roundtable discussion group. Topics change each month, please check the website for details, edmontonatheists.ca • 1st Tue, 7pm; each month

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue ea month, 7:30pm

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani

Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall,

(South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15 • Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY •

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@gmail.com

3728-106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

Groove every Wed; 9pm

comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free

VEGANS AND VEGETARIANS OF ALBERTA/VOICE FOR ANIMALS •

HISTORIC WALKING TOUR

Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • schizophrenia. ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of AlbertaEdmonton branch provides a facilitated family support group for caregivers of a loved one living with schizophrenia. Free drop-in the 1st and 3rd Thu each month • Aug 7, 7-9pm

OVERTIME PUB • 4211-106 St • Open mic

• Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing,

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music– check web • $10, $2 (lesson with entry) TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS)

• Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters

Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion

McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw. ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs. org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:458:30pm; contact bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com

AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer

• Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people and their friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month

student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca

drumming mini-workshop - be still thy beating heart • Thu, Jul 24, 6-10pm • $11 (adult)/$6 (student)/$8 (senior)/$8 (Friends of the Garden)

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–Games Night • Devonian

124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB •

geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride

Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and nonjudgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men to discuss current issues; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@ shaw.ca

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House,

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo. com/group/bwedmonton

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/ student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@ teamedmonton.ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E

Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: tuff @shaw.ca

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate

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WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Nonprofit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave

• 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm

SPECIAL EVENTS BISON FESTIVAL • Elk Island Park • pc.gc. ca/eng/pn-np/ab/elkisland/visit/visit4.aspx • A celebration of conservation, culture and cuisine • Aug 9 BEAVER HILLS–DARK SKY PRESERVE • Elk Island Park • pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/elkisland/visit/visit4.aspx • A celestial celebration of culture, community and conservation to celebrate the anniversary of the creation of the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve. Featuring astronomy presentations and public stargazing with Royal Astronomical Society of Canada volunteers • Aug 31 CARIWEST CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL •

Sir Winston Churchill Sq/Shaw Conference Centre • cariwest.ca • Aug 8-10 • Fri Costume Extravaganza: Shaw Conference Centre: Caribbean food and festival costumes competition and the crowning of the King and Queen of the Mas’ Bands for Cariwest 2014; Aug 8, 7-11pm; $15 (adult)/$10 (child) at eventbrite. ca/e/cariwest-costume-extravaganza-tickets12210639351?aff=es2&rank=1 • Sat Night Party–Cariwest Fete: Music by Soca Sweetness, hosted by Drew Atlas with Star Akil, K.I. and Lyrikal in concert; tickets at vol tent, Churchill Sq, Cariwest office, 780.421.7800; Aug 9 • Sat Grand Costume Parade: Parade with masquerade bands with spectacular costumes through Edmonton Downtown Edmonton; Aug 9, noon

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–Taiko Drumming • Devonian

Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • A taiko

Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • It's Games Night... bocce, croquet and other garden games • Thu, Jul 31, 6-10pm • $11 (adult)/$6 (student)/$8 (senior)/$8 (Friends of the Garden)

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–Funky R&B • Devonian

Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • Funky R&B with the Gentlemen Callers, an 7-piece band covering the sixties to the present • Thu, Aug 7, 6-10pm • $11 (adult)/$6 (student)/$8 (senior)/$8 (Friends of the Garden)

DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; text to:

780.530.1283 for location • Classic Covers Shindig Fundraiser • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; upcoming Century Casino show as well; Twilight Zone Razamanaz Tour; all ages • Fundraising for local Canadian Disaster Relief, the hungry (world-wide through the Canadian Food Grains Bank)

DÎNER EN BLANC EDMONTON • Secret

Location • Très chic picnic, imported from Paris, is equal parts mystery tour, pop-up feast and je ne sais quoi– a secret affair, an evening of elegance, will take over an undisclosed public space whose location will be revealed only a couple of hours prior to the event. Enthusiasts dressed in white will attend the secret location • Jul 17, 7-11:30pm • $35 + membership at edmonton.dinerenblanc.info/register

FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA • Commonwealth Stadium •

edmonton.com/for-visitors/calendar-of-events. aspx • fifa.com • Aug 5, 8, 13, 16

FRUIT LOOP–SUMMER BALL • Latitude

53, 10242-106 St • facebook.com/fruitloopedmonton • Celebrate Edmonton's queer history at the historical queer venue, former home of Boots and Saddles and Junction. A nod to Edmonton’s queer past and drag culture–all drag queens and kings (new and old) are encouraged to join the party with DJ Queerbait, a fashion show by Tyler Groenewegen, digital portraits and illustrations from Artathan by Jonathan, wine tasting, and safer sex supplies from HIV Edmonton• Jul 26, 7pm-2am • Donation

HERITAGE FESTIVAL • Hawrelak Park • heritage-festival.com • Over 80 countries displaying their culture through entertainment and food • Aug 2-4, Sat 12-9pm; Sun 10am9pm; Mon 10am-7pm • Free, donation for the Food Bank; no public parking in Hawrelak Park during the Festival JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN • Devonian

Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in the Ozawa Pavilion teahouse, overlooking the beautiful Kurimoto Japanese Garden; Aug 10 • Guided Tours of the Kurimoto Japanese Garden: look at the history and symbolism behind the landscape features and structures in the Kurimoto Japanese Garden; Aug 10

RETURN OF THE SPACE LADIES FROM PLANET ELVIS • Mercury Room, 10575-114 St • capitalcityburlesque.com • After an interstellar journey, the sexy, sassy, and sultry inhabitants of Planet Elvis are back on Earth to celebrate the glory that is Elvis Presley • July 24-26, 8:30-11:30pm; Thu: 7:30pm (door); Fri/Sat: 9pm (door) • $12 (online)/$15 (door); Reserved tables for 2: $30 (adv only)/Reserved tables for 4: $60 (adv only)

TASTE OF EDMONTON • Churchill Sq •

eventsedmonton.ca • Food festival. In the day hosting culinary workshops; at night featuring a pop-up tastings, including live music • Jul 17-26 • Tickets at TIX on the Square

Music:

• The Give 'Em Hell Boys; Jul 24, 6pm • Dead City Dolls; Jul 24, 7:15pm • Frijid Pink; Jul 24, 9pm • Windmills; Jul 25, 6pm • KAY; Jul 25, 9pm • Young Benjamins; Jul 26, 6pm • JPNSGRLS; Jul 26, 7:15pm • Christian Hansen; Jul 26, 9pm

UNIFY FESTIVAL • Oasis Centre, 10930-177 St • 780.451.9227 • Satsang, yoga, transformational breathwork, kirtan, presenters/ speakers, live music, conscious food, DJs, eco village, visionary art, interactive dance and play • Jul 27, 10am-1am • More info/online registration at noorish.ca/unifyfest

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Pique Dance Center 10604 105 Ave 780-239-6122 piquedancecentre.ca Weekly drop-in Adult dance classes; Beginner to Advanced levels offered, large variety of styles offered. $12 per 60 minute class and $16 per 90 minute class Share The Chair The “Share The Chair” contest celebrates the AGA’s 90th Birthday and its 1924 Rockies exhibitions To enter the “Share The Chair” photo contest, Parks or AGA visitors just need to post a Red Chair photo – either a scenic or a selfie – to www.youraga.ca/SharetheChair or post to Twitter using the hashtag #AGASharetheChair by 11:59 pm on August 16, 2014. The photos can be taken at the Red Chair sites in the Parks, or at the Red Chair installed on the second level near the 1924 Rockies exhibitions at the AGA. The grand prize is a trip for two to Jasper’s Dark Sky Festival, courtesy of the Sawridge Inn and Tourism Jasper. The Dark Sky Festival runs from October 17-26, and features Col. Chris Hadfield. Weekly draws throughout the contest period will also be made for AGA admission passes and Parks Canada Discovery Passes. The grand prize will be drawn on August 17, 2014 during the AGA’s 90th Birthday celebration. The winner will be contacted by the AGA on August 18, 2014.

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Parents Empowering Parents (PEP) Society supports & educates families dealing with the effects of substance abuse in youth & adult children. Do you feel embarrassed, exhausted, hopeless, or alone as a result of a child struggling with substance use and/or abuse? PEP can help. Call 780.293.0737 or see www.pepsociety.ca for more information.

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Membership and Community Engagement Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. The Membership and Community Engagement Intern will help AMP achieve more visibility in the Beverly area, and will help locate potential new board members . For more information head to http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

Social Media Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. AMP requires someone to help with their web-based means of information sharing, media and public relations. For more information head to http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

Special Events Coordinator Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. AMP is planning a series of special events to promote the school program. The Special Events Coordinator Intern will work with the Board of AMP to brainstorm, plan and stage these events. To apply, head to: http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

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EPL Free Courses: Edmonton AB Check out the Free Online Interactive Instructor Led Courses offered through the Edmonton Public Library. Some of the courses for visual artists would include: Creating WordPress Websites, Secrets of Better Photography Beginning Writer’s Workshop many more… For a list of Free Courses visit: https://www.epl.ca/learn4life For information and instruction on how to get started https://www.epl.ca/learn4life Restoring Indigenous Safety through Kinship (RISK) Program Land-based leadership training for Edmonton urban indigenous youth ages 14-16. Includes summer/fall/winter activities. Apply by July 25. More info at www.indigenousyouthrisk.com or(780) 944-9288.

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Fund Development Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. The Fund Development Intern will locate funding sources, determine grant eligibility and deadlines, prepare funding support materials, and write grant applications. For more information head to

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Be a part of Edmonton’s biggest and best summer Festival; volunteer for the 33rd Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, August 14-24! You’ll meet new people and try new things all while having whole lot of fun! And with 13 different teams to choose from, we have something special just for you! Take advantage of this great opportunity and apply online now at www.fringetheatre.ca Can You Read This? Help someone Who can’t! Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills. Call Valerie at P.A.L.S 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com

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Give some, Get some. Come have some fun, a little exercise and be recognized. We require volunteers almost every day of the week to help at various bingo locations around the city (WEM, Castledowns, south side). You give your time (4-6 hour shift) and we recognize your efforts. You do not need any experience as everything will be taught to you and you will be completely supported. Calll Christine at 780-953-1510 or email at christine.poirier@cnib.ca for more information Bingo is a smoke-free and friendly environment. Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network’s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers! Interested or want to learn more? Contact Maura at 780-392-8723 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation create a future without breast cancer through volunteerism. Contact 1-866-302-2223 or ivolunteer@cbcf.org for current volunteer opportunities The 9th Annual Kaleido Family Arts Festival is currently seeking volunteers for the run of the festival September 12-14 2014. The next Volunteer Fun & Social Nite is on July 22, 2014 from 6-8pm at the Alberta Avenue Community League (9210-118 ave), supper will be included! RSVP for this event is required. For more information on the festival or for a volunteer application form please visit www.kaleidofest.ca/volunteer or call The Carrot at 780.471.1580. The Royal Alexandra Hospital Visual Arts Committee offers Artists an opportunity to exhibit their works, Exhibitions may be one artist or combined with a complementary display by other artists. See here for Alberta Health Services Call for Art 2015 For more information, please call 780-735-4430 or email volunteer.RAH@albertahealth services.ca Submissions required by September 26,2014 The Safeway Walk for Muscular Dystrophy is a fully accessible fundraising event that’s fun for the whole family! We need your help to provide essential mobility equipment, build awareness, and fund leading research on neuromuscular disorders. Encourage your friends, family and coworkers to sponsor your Walk, as you raise funds and awareness to help enhance the lives of Canadians living with a neuromuscular disorder. Saturday September 6, 2014 10am-2pm Gold Bar Park, 10955 50 Street NW, Edmonton AB T6A 1K8 www.walkformusculardystrophy.ca

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Volunteer Opportunities CWY seeks youth participants Canada World Youth (CWY) is now accepting applications for its Youth Leaders in Action (YLA) program. The YLA program is designed to give youth (aged 17 to 25) valuable international and community development experience. Participating youth can apply to join CWY projects in Tanzania, Benin, Ghana, Nicaragua, Peru, Ukraine, Vietnam or Indonesia. Projects are either 6 weeks or 4 to 6 months in duration. For more information or to apply head to: http://canadaworldyouth.org/ap ply/youth-leaders-in-action/ Want to make a difference for patients and their families at the Cross Cancer Institute? Volunteer with the Alberta Cancer Foundation today and help redefine the future of cancer in Alberta. Opportunities are available throughout the year. www.albertacancer.ca/volunteer 1.866.412.4222

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Call for Edmonton & Area Artists City of 100 Artists is proud to present to the community our first live art auction event hosted by HIMCA. We provide an alternative platform for artists to exhibit and sell their work. Only 100 artists will be selected to participate. Application deadline: August 15, 2014 For more information please visit: www.himca.ca/cityof100artists or contact cityof100artists@hotmail.ca

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Art on the Patio will join art, music, and food, as artists and artisans display and sell their work during the very popular Festival Place Patio Series. This is a free opportunity that will be scheduled for four dates this coming summer. Six artists per week will be scheduled. Artists may book a maximum of two weeks. This event will occur on Wednesday evenings. Set up time will be from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and take down after the evenings performance concludes (approximately 9:30-10:00 pm). Interested in learning more? Email artgallery@strathcona.ca ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: BUDAPEST The Open Call will begin on June 25, 2014, we have every months jury selection until April 15, 2015. Apply early! HMC International Artist Residency Program, a not-forprofit arts organization based in Dallas, TX / Budapest, Hungary – provides national and international artists to produce new work while engaging with the arts community in Budapest, Hungary. FOR APPLICATION FORM, questions please contact us. Email: bszechy@yahoo.com Call For Submissions 2014/15: Artist In Residence After the success of our first Artist and Residence Program with Jon Lachlan Stewart and The Genius Code, we look forward to hosting another artist in residence next season. Further details by clicking the link below. The application deadline is August 1, 2014, and direct questions can be asked to Eva (eva@catalysttheatre.ca, 780.431.1750) until July 19th. http://www.mailoutinteractive.c om/Industry/LandingPage.aspx ?id=1603841&lm=37741796&q =760559519&qz=2a4bd3486a 5903f246e78f7b32a2826d

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Call for Artists: Casa Gallery Exhibition Proposals – Lethbridge, AB Submission Deadline: July 30, 2014 Casa Gallery accepts proposals from individuals and groups in all media, from the traditional to the experimental. Exhibitions are typically booked 2 years in advance, and adjudication is done to ensure both quality, and an equitable representation of various media. Casa Gallery does an annual ‘Call for Submissions’ for its ongoing exhibition programming. Submissions will only be accepted between the dates posted. Proposals submitted at other times will not be looked at. The next dates for submitting proposals are: May 1, 2014 – July 30, 2014. Proposal reviews will take place in July, 2014. For more information head to: http://www.casalethbridge.ca/g allery-opportunities CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – EDMONTON TIMERAISER Calls are now open for artists and nonprofits to apply for the 5th Edmonton Timeraiser! Last year Timeraiser connected 27 nonprofits with skilled volunteers in their community and invested $13,689 into the local arts community. Help us make this year’s event the biggest yet! Our Call to Community is now Open If you are a nonprofit looking for skilled volunteers or an emerging artist interested in selling your work be sure to apply. Don’t miss out on being part of this exciting event! Help us spread the word about the Call to Community by sending your networks to: www.timeraiser.ca/edmonton. Calls close September 12th. Call to Makers, Mercer Collective: A Maker’s Market You must MAKE, BAKE or CREATE what you sell. You can not be a reseller of goods not produced by you. Costs: $60 per market December show is $200 Additional Fees Table Rental is available at $10 per show. Please specify 6 ft or 4 ft. Limited quantities available. Show Dates: March 29,April 26, Sept 27,October 25, November 22 December 13-14 – $200

http://www.emailmeform.com/ builder/form/er27bvY7c0dhM9 0B9dX49 Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization in conjunction with the North Edge Business Association (NEBA) and the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre has a new public market in central Edmonton . . . the “URBAN MARKETPLACE” at the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre. You are Invited to apply for a space in the Summer Series. The URBAN MARKETPLACE will provide you with an 8’ x 8’ space and a minimum 1 table (set up and tear down) for your use. The table/space rental is for the summer series for successful applicants. Applications for multiple booths may be considered. Vendors for this event will be chosen via juried selection. The URBAN MARKETPLACE reserves the right to select all vendors as part of the creation of the “market mix”. For more information please contact, Cheryl Deshaies at 780-442-1652 or cheryl.deshaies@edmonton.ca

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Calling All Creative Art & Design Teams for A 24 Hour Deck-Out A Lamppost Contest On Alberta Avenue (118 Ave) for the Kaleido Family Arts Festival The goal of this project theme is to create engaging, whimsical and vibrant imaginary characters along 118th Avenue to delight festival visitors young and old. • 6 Creative Teams will be selected by our jury, to bring their fantastical 3D visions to 118 Avenue by designing, creating and installing their Giant Beings on six (6) pre-assigned lampposts on the Kaleido Family Arts Festival Site. • Each team will be given 24 hours to ‘Deck Out a Lamppost’ as a Giant Being from myths, legends, faery tales or pure imagination, for the enjoyment of over 40,000 eager festival go-ers. • The Lamppost Installations will begin on Saturday, September 13th and must be completed within 24 hours, by Sunday, September 14th for the Judging Panel. • Creative Teams will be made up of up to 3 artists/designers/builders • Submission Deadline: Thursday, July 31st, 2014 • Each Team must submit a simple, clear proposal & project description with rough sketches, along with their completed Application Form, to Allison at kaleido.installation@gmail.com • Participating Teams will receive a $100 project credit at Edmonton ReUse Stores. • Judges will select the Prize Winners on Sunday, September 14th, and the Judges’ decision will be final . • Lamppost dimensions & images will be available upon request. For information contact: Allison Argy-Burgess | Installation Art Manager kaleido.installation@gmail.com Figure Drawing with Daniel Hackborn With live models. Tuesday evenings, 6-9PM. Instruction available 1st Tuesday of the month. Drop-in sessions, $15. Ask about package discounts. Watch for theme evenings! The Paint Spot, 10032 81 Avenue 780.432.0240 www.paintspot.ca. Make A Movie in Just 24-hours 24/ONE, the 10th anniversary edition is now OPEN for Registration. This annual event is the ultimate, heart pumping, movie making challenge. We kick off the weekend before EIFF opens and World Premiere the Top 10 short films (7-minutes or less and family friendly) during the film festival. Register now. And catch all the zzzzzzz’s you can. 24/One teams are required to have a minimum of one (1) person 18 years of age as of Sept. 20, 2014. http://www.edmontonfilmfest. com/24one NAESS GALLERY/ARTISAN NOOK/VERTICAL SPACE SUBMISSIONS Exhibition submissions are being accepted at The Paint Spot. The Naess Gallery’s deadline for the 2015 season is August 31. Neither the Artisan Nook nor the Vertical Space have deadlines. All three exhibition spaces welcome emerging artists and curators. Individuals and groups are invited to make a submission. For further information please visit www.paintspot.ca or email questions to accounts@paintspot.ca.

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New Public Artwork Commission Restricted to artists living in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, this call is for a proposal for a new public art work commissioned by the City of Lethbridge for the SLP Skate Park. Proposal Submission Deadline is: September 30, 2014. Find more information here: http://www.artslethbridge.org/publicart/call-for-submissions/slpskatepark.html

PREMIERE ART FAIR SEEKS ARTISTIC TALENT Art Vancouver is calling on galleries representing artists working in all mediums to enter its four-day art fair May 21 – 24, 2015. Local and international galleries, collectors, designers, architects and media expected to attend this event at Vancouver’s award winning Convention Centre. Deadline for application is November 1, 2014. For more information including booth sizing and prices go to www.artvancouver.net or contact info@artvancouver.net. The 2014 Giants of Edmonton Mural project is an art competition open to all artists currently residing in Alberta that, in part, seeks to recognize the people, places, and things that make Edmonton great. The subject of the mural for this proposal will focus on four post-secondary institutions in Edmonton: the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, NAIT, and NorQuest College. The mural will be located at 12008-121A Street in Edmonton and will be a twodimensional work, approx. 450-500 sq. ft. Complete submissions must be received no later than 4:30 pm on August 6, 2014 and must be delivered or emailed to: Capital City Clean Up Community Services, City of Edmonton, 2nd Floor, Beaufort Building, 10835-120 Street, PO Box 2359, Edmonton, AB, T5H 3P9 or katie.hayes@edmonton.ca. The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts is pleased to announce that they are accepting submissions for our new online “Directory of Ukrainian Artists in Alberta”. Originally printed in 1993, the directory proved to be a comprehensive guide to Ukrainian artists in our province. Unfortunately, much of the information is no longer current. Additional information and submission forms are available by contacting: Elena Scharabun Directory Coordinator, ACUA directory@acuarts.ca 780-975-307 The Gust Gallery in Waterton Lakes National Park is seeking submissions for mainly 3 dimensional pieces in ceramic, porcelain, glass and wood. The Gust Gallery embraces the artists and landscape of Southern Alberta. The breathtaking vistas of the Rockies, their Eastern Slopes and southerly plains are paid homage to by the extraordinary talents of artists working in two and three dimensional mediums. If you are interested or have questions email: gustgal@telus.net or call Edith Becker, ph: 403-859-2535 or cell: 403-827-0084 www.gustgallery.com

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TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): As you weave your way through the next chapter of your story, I suggest you take inspiration from the turtle. You may even want to imagine that the turtle is your animal ally, a guide that helps you access the gradual and deliberate kind of intelligence you will need. Moving quickly will not be appropriate for the leisurely lessons that are coming your way. The point is to be deep and thorough about a few things rather than half-knowledgeable about a lot of things. There’s one other turtle-like quality I hope you will cultivate, too: the ability to feel at home wherever you are. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): America’s biggest winery is E & J Gallo. It sells more wine than any other company and has been named the planet’s “Most Powerful Wine Brand” four different years. Ernest and Julio Gallo launched the enterprise in 1933 after studying the art of winemaking in pamphlets they found in the basement of a public library in Modesto, California. I foresee a less spectacular but metaphorically similar arc for you, Gemini. Sometime soon— maybe it has already happened— information or inspiration you come across in a modest setting will launch you on the path to future success. There is one caveat: you must take seriously the spark you encounter and not underestimate it because it appears in humble circumstances. CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Diamonds are not rare. They are so numerous that if they were evenly distributed, you and me and everyone else on the planet could each have a cupful of them. And if you are ever in your lifetime going to get your personal cupful, it may happen in the next 11 months. That’s because your hard work and special talent are more likely than usual to be rewarded with tangible assets. Strokes of luck will tend to manifest in the form of money and treasure and valuable things you can really use. Be alert for the clues, Cancerian. One may appear momentarily. LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): Accord-

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ing to the legends about Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table, the boy who would ultimately become King Arthur didn’t know he was heir to the throne while he was growing up. His future destiny was hidden from him. The wizard Merlin trained him but made sure he never found out he was special. When the old King Uther Pendragon died, a tournament was staged to find a replacement. The winner would be whoever was able to withdraw the enchanted sword that was embedded in a large stone. Quite by accident, our hero got a chance to make an attempt. Success! I have reminded you of the broad outlines of this tale, Leo, because at least one of its elements resembles your destiny in the next 11 months.

weeks will be an excellent time to get more of the fathering energy you would thrive on.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): When a crocodile slams its jaws shut, the energy it summons is powerful. But when the beast opens its jaws, the force it exerts is weak. That’s because the muscles used to close are much more robust than the muscles used to open. I’m wondering if an analogous story might be told about you these days, Virgo. Are you more prone to close down than to open up? Is it easier for you to resist, avoid and say no than it is to be receptive, extend a welcome and say yes? If so, please consider cultivating a better balance. You need both capacities running at full strength in the coming days.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): In the next 11 months, Capricorn, you will be given some choice riddles about the art of togetherness. To solve them, you will have to learn much more about the arts of intimacy—or else! It’s up to you: either work your ass off as you strengthen your important relationships or else risk watching them unravel. But don’t take this as a grim, sobering assignment. On the contrary! Play hard. Experiment freely. Be open to unexpected inspiration. Have fun deepening your emotional intelligence. That approach will work best.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): In the latter part of the 18th century, American rebels and rabblerousers used to gather regularly in the basement of the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston. There they plotted the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s ride and other dissident adventures that opposed British Rule. That’s why the Green Dragon became known as the “Headquarters of the Revolution.” I think you and your cohorts need a place like that, Libra. It’s high time for you to scheme and dream about taking coordinated actions that will spur teamwork and foster liberation. SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): “When one has not had a good father, one must create one,” said philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. What does that mean? How might you go about “creating” a good father? Well, you could develop a relationship with an admirable older man who is an inspiring role model. You could read books by men whose work stirs you to actualize your own potentials. If you have a vigorous inner life, you could build a fantasy dad in your imagination. Here’s another possibility: cultivate in yourself the qualities you think a good father should have. And even if you actually had a pretty decent father, Scorpio, I’m sure he wasn’t perfect. So it still might be interesting to try out some of these ideas. The coming

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): “If I seem free, it’s because I’m always running.” So said Sagittarian musician Jimi Hendrix, widely regarded as one of the most inventive and electrifying guitarists who ever lived. Does that prospect have any appeal to you, Sagittarius? I don’t, of course, recommend that you keep running for the rest of your long life. After a while, it will be wise to rest and ruminate. But I do think it might be illuminating to try this brazen approach for a week or two. If it feels right, you might also want to mix in some dancing and skipping and leaping with your running.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): Hypothesis: the exciting qualities that attract you to someone in the first place will probably drive you a bit crazy if you go on to develop a long-term relationship. That doesn’t mean you should avoid seeking connections with intriguing people who captivate your imagination. It does suggest you should have no illusions about what you are getting yourself into. It also implies that you should cultivate a sense of humour about how the experiences that rouse your passion often bring you the best tests and trials. And why am I discussing these eccentric truths with you right now? Because I suspect you will be living proof of them in the months to come. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): In 1961, Paul Cezanne’s painting The Artist’s Sister was on display at a museum in Aix-en-Provence, France. Then a lucky event occurred: it was stolen. When it was finally recovered months later, it had been ripped out of its frame. An art restorer who was commissioned to repair it discovered that there was a previously-unknown Cezanne painting on the back of the canvas. As a result, the appraisal of the original piece rose $75 000. Now both sides are on view at the St Louis City Art Museum. I foresee a comparable progression in your life, Pisces. An apparent setback will ultimately increase your value. V

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Sex-toy expo showcases it all: electrostim, smartphones and water and Minna products, these could be The second theme at the show I've just returned from the bi-annual the first fully functional, commerwas smartphone capability. We've sex-toy expo in Los Angeles. These cially available smart toys. been hearing about this idea for alshows are always a lot of fun for most a decade now, but so far none me. Who wouldn't want to spend Water was another big theme. A lot of them have integrated well with two days surrounded by sex toys? I of us enjoy a little fun in the tub or the way most bodies work, leaving usually find, however, that most of shower and many women discovered you with an expensive gadget that the toys are just a slight variation on early on that there's more than one might be fun to play with but will things that have already been done use for the faucet or the shower never get you off. This is the case before. This show was a bit different. head. Toy makers are finally playing with the much anticipated Vibease. I noticed a few clear trends that made to the water lover. The Hydromax This tiny, panty compatible vibrator me think the way we are playing with is a penis pump that toys is changing. pumps water instead Electrostim was a big A lot of us enjoy a little fun in the tub of air to cause an theme at this show. erection. The Bubble Eroticizing electricity or shower and many women discovered Love is a pump that is nothing new, but unearly on that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than one use draws in water and til fairly recently it was shoots out a powerconsidered an extreme for the faucet or the shower head. ful stream of bubform of kink. Electro bles. It can be held in toys were big, expenthe hand or can suction to the botis a great idea, but the apps for consive and scary looking. But over the tom of a tub. trolling it with the phone are complilast few years, these types of toys Although we are nowhere near the cated and frankly, really cheesy. But have become smaller, easier to conage of "smart" toys or intuitive robot there is hope. Aneros is developing trol and less expensive, making them toys that we keep hearing about, it's a smartphone-compatible version of much more accessible. Electrosex exciting to see that some toymakers its Evi toy. The vibration can be contoy maker Mystim, developed a way are doing something a little different trolled remotely by smartphone and to embed electrical conductivity and helping to expand our play opit will also have an app that can keep into silicone rubber. They've used portunities. V track of your kegel exercises. Minna this techonology to make sleek and is making a kegel exerciser that will relatively small electro-compatible Brenda Kerber is a sexual health have an app that not only keeps vibrators, dildos and butt plugs witheducator who has worked with local track but also measures how strong out the awkward and bulky metal not-for-profits since 1995. She is the your muscle contractions are. These plates. These deceptive little vibes owner of the Edmonton-based, sextoys are not expected out on the seem like any other sex toy until positive adult toy boutique the Travmarket until later this year, but judgyou grab ahold of them and feel that eling Tickle Trunk. ing by the quality of current Aneros shocking, tingly sensation.

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don't round this "online flirtation" ing for young-but-legal ass, and I I am a gay man and have been in up to "cyber infidelity" unless you fucked this kid a couple of years a relationship with my GGG boy- want to make yourself miserable, ago, so ... let's interview a few more friend for more than three years. and don't police your boyfriend's candidates, and hopefully I won't We are in our early 20s and have a online activities—snooping is the have fucked any of them." good sex life. I just discovered that only way to "make sure it stops"— And I agree that the kid shouldn't he has been engaging in what can unless you want to get dumped. be penalized for having a consenonly be described as cyber infidelsual one-night stand with an adult ity. He had a secret email account, HOISTING THE RED FLAG who was a stranger to him at the posted on Craigslist M4M, and I'm in my mid-40s. About two time. So have a quick face-to-face also had an Adam4Adam account. years ago I had a one-night stand word with your new hire on his first About once a week, while I was at with a 19-year-old college student day. Acknowledge the awkwardwork in the evenings, he would ex- who placed an ad on Craigslist ness privately and verbally (put change photos and engage in con- looking to meet older guys for nothing in writing), tell him the hirversations with ing decision wasn't other men. He yours and he got claims he never the gig on his merSo what difference does it make that met with any its and close with your boyfriend did a little online flirting? of them and it something like this: was just to ex"Things between us Is it that your boyfriend jacked off thinkchange photos. will be strictly proing about these other guys? He let me look fessional from now at his secret on, of course— email account and, hey, crazy coinand there was nothing that pointed no-strings-attached fun. We had cidence, huh?" Then stick to emails to any physical meet-ups. I asked a good time. He was charming, in- for the duration of his internship. him to delete his accounts and he telligent and fun. I was surprised Grain of salt: I've never worked in did. I am completely shocked, as we to learn during our conversation a place that used organograms— have an intimate and loving rela- that he hoped to pursue a career I've never had a corporate job in my tionship. He is ashamed and under- in my profession. I gave him some life—so my advice could be total stands that his behaviour is wrong. advice and we went our separate crap. Just FYI. I understand if he wants to look at ways. Flash forward two years. porn on his own time (I certainly We are looking for some tempo- GAY AND OVER do), but the quantity and secrecy of rary summer intern-type help and I'm a gay man who is about to his actions is obviously not healthy. we got a résumé from a qualified turn 35. Somehow, 30 didn't bothWe have major life plans together person looking for a summer job. er me, but being halfway to 70 is and I don't doubt that he is com- We brought the candidate in for an freaking me out. The gay world is mitted to me. Where do I go from interview, which my supervisor and obsessed with youth and beauty, here and what steps should I take I conducted. To my surprise, the and once you're not young and hot to make sure it stops? applicant was the one-night stand. anymore, your life may as well be Stressing Over Cyber Infidelity We obviously did not discuss our over. If you don't have a tight ass prior meeting during the interview, and ripped abs and a hot cock, you It isn't true that your boyfriend's but by the brief, mild look of sur- have no value and nothing to conactions can "only be described as prise on his face, my guess was tribute. Why is the gay world so cyber infidelity." They could be that he was as surprised as I was. shallow? described as "harmless online flir- He handled himself well in the in- One Very Enraged Romantic tations." But you've chosen to slap terview. My supervisor intends to the "infidelity" label on his actions, hire him. I would be his direct su- Ed Murray was 58-years-old when he SOCI, and now you feel compelled pervisor. There would be no way became the mayor of Seattle. Larry to have a full-blown my-boyfriend- around this if he was brought in Kramer was 52 when he inspired the cheated-on-me meltdown. for the two-or-three-month job, founding of ACT UP. Bayard Rustin Try looking at it this way: if your but our contact would be almost was 51 when he organized the hisboyfriend regularly stopped at a exclusively via email. My instinct toric 1963 March on Washington. bar to have a cocktail and people is that our prior one-night stand Harvey Milk was 47-years-old when flirted with him and he flirted shouldn't disqualify him from the he was elected to the San Francisco back—and that's all he did—would job. He's qualified, and my col- Board of Supervisors. Barney Frank that constitute an "appletini infi- league wants to hire him ASAP. was 41 when he was first elected to delity"? If some guys looked him What are your thoughts? Any red Congress in 1981 and 73 when he up and down in the locker room flags? How should I handle this? retired last year. Neil Patrick Harris and he looked those guys up and Should I broach the subject with was 41 when he won a Tony Award down back, would that constitute a him? I don't want to insult his in- for starring in the Broadway revival "cardio infidelity"? No and no—and telligence or even hint that I think of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Jonaa boyfriend who flipped out about he's using our meeting two years than Capehart was 40 when he bethose sorts of interactions would prior to land a brief summer job. came a member of the Washington be regarded as jealous, insecure Again, I am convinced he didn't Post's editorial board in 2007. Tony and controlling. So what difference realize he was going to interview Kushner was 37 when he won the does it make that your boyfriend with me. Pulitzer Prize for Angels in Ameridid a little online flirting? Is it that Nervous Supervisor Anxious ca. George Takei (77), RuPaul (53), your boyfriend jacked off thinking Andrew Sullivan (50), Andy Cohen about these other guys? You jack Lots of red flags—I could spin out (46), Jared Polis (39)—I could go on. off thinking about other guys when a few Worst Case Scenarios—but If you don't think gay men over you watch porn. Is it that he jacked the kid is qualified, he handled him- 35—or 50 or 60 or 70—have anyoff thinking about and interacting self (and only himself) well during thing to contribute, OVER, then it's with guys he could actually have the interview, and your supervisor, not the "gay world" that's shallow, IRL? Lots of guys in monogamous who tops you in your company's it's you. relationships—gay, straight or bi— organogram (and only there), plans jack off about people they flirted to hire him. Under the circum- On this week's Savage Lovecast: with in bars and gyms, ie, guys they stances, NSA, I don't see how you spanking, cheating, pervy cousins interacted with and could have IRL. can avoid supervising this guy for and sleeping with the cab driver: Here's what you should do, SOCI: the summer. What would you say savagelovecast.com V ask your boyfriend to knock this shit to your supervisor? "Hey, look—I off because it goobs you out. 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